Eliezer Montefiore b. 1820

Also known as Eliezer Levi Montefiore
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, etcher, art patron, gallery director and businessman, he helped establish the New South Wales Academy of Art and the National Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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sketcher, etcher, art patron, gallery director and businessman, born in Barbados and educated in London, was the second son of Isaac Levi, a London merchant with extensive interests in Barbados, and Esther Hanna, née Montefiore.

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1992
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2011

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