Gustavus Von Tempsky b. 15 February 1828

Also known as Gustavus Von Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Best known in New Zealand as the Prussian-born adventurer and daring guerrilla-type fighter, and for the intricately detailed watercolours recording the events of the Waikato and Wanganui Campaigns in the 1860s, 'Memoranda of the New Zealand Campaign 1863-1864'.
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painter, army officer and adventurer, was born in East Prussia on 15 February 1828.

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