George French Angas b. 25 April 1822

Also known as G. F. A.
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A watercolour and natural history painter, many of Angas's sketches from his travels as a naturalist in the mid 1800s became the basis for lithographic plates used in his publications.
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creator of
Scene in Illawarra
 
creator of
Fisher Boy
 
creator of
Sailor Boy
 
creator of
Gold Washing, Summer Creek, 1851

Published in his set of two-colour lithographs, 'Six Views of the Gold Field at Ophir’

 
creator of
Kaaroo alias Old Gooseberry, Widow of Bungaree
 
creator of
Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Natural History, Drawings, Oceania, Australia
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1388863

London: John Van Voorst, xii, 456 p., 8 leaves of plates: ill. (some col.), 1 chart; 23 cm.

 
creator of
The 'Mooruk' from New Britain, Sydney, Sept. 15th 1857
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creator of
Flabellina ianthina
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creator of
Edward Hargraves
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creator of
Double Bay, Port Jackson
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creator of
Six views of the gold field of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis Ponds Creeks
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Lithography, Gold mines, Colonial Art
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1306216

Drawn from nature and on stone,
Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke [6] leaves of plates: chiefly ill.; 36 × 45 cm

 
creator of
South Australian Botany, Native Flowers
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creator of
South Australia illustrated
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Works on paper
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Illustrated Book, Australian Colonial Art, Description and Travel, Aboriginal Australians
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1306219

London: Thomas M’Lean, 60 leaves of plates: col. ill.; 55 cm.

 
creator of
Savage life and scenes in Australia and New Zealand: being an artist's impressions of countries and people at the Antipodes
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Illustrated Book, Description and Travel, Colonial Art
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b2790408

London: Smith, Elder, and Co.,second ed., 2 v.: ill.; 20 cm.

 
creator of
The New Zealanders illustrated
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Illustrated Book, New Zealand, Description and Travel
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b2829872

London : Thomas M’Lean, 60 leaves of col. plates ; 55 cm.

 
creator of
Old King Tamara, the Last of the Sydney Tribe. Aug. 15, 1845
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South Australian Museum

 
creator of
Dapto
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creator of
Interior of Crater, Mount Schanck
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References [<ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1842), 'A Ramble in Malta and Sicily in the Autumn of 1841 ... Illustrated with Sketches taken on the spot and drawn on stone by the author'.>, <ExternalResource: Tregenza, J. (1980), 'George French Angas', Adelaide, SA, Entry taken largely from.>, <ExternalResource: Tregenza, J. (1980), 'George French Angas', Adelaide, SA, Entry taken largely from.>, <ExternalResource: Morgan, E. (1966), 'George French Angas', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne 1966-1976.>, <ExternalResource: Benko, N. (1969), 'Art and Artists of South Australia', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: McDonald, P.R.; & Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron', Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1980).>, <ExternalResource: Platts, U. (1979), 'Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists', Christchurch, New Zealand.>, <ExternalResource: Wilson, S.C.; & Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: 'Sydney Mechanics Institute Reports', Mitchell Library ms A4150.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Henderson, Beryl.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Tregenza, John.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1846), 'South Australia Illustrated', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1846), 'The New Zealanders Illustrated', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1847), 'Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand: Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries and Peoples at the Antipodes (2 vols)', Smith, Elder & Co., London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1849), 'The Kaffirs Illustrated', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1851), 'Six Views of the Gold Field at Ophir...,', Woolcott and Clarke.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French, 'Views of the Gold Regions of Australia Drawn on the Spot by G.F. Angus', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1865), 'Australia: A Popular Account of its Physical Features, Inhabitants, Natural History and Productions. With the History of its Colonization', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1866), 'Polynesia, a Description of the Islands of the Pacific', London, England, UK.>] [<ExternalResource: Angas, George French (1842), 'A Ramble in Malta and Sicily in the Autumn of 1841 ... Illustrated with Sketches taken on the spot and drawn on stone by the author'.>, <ExternalResource: Tregenza, J. (1980), 'George French Angas', Adelaide, SA, Entry taken largely from.>]