Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice b. 29 April 1816

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher, surveyor and sailor who while serving on the Beagle, made some of the drawings subsequently reproduced in Stokes's Discoveries in Australia. He also surveyed part of the Queensland coast until severely wounded in the foot.
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Name
Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Sailor (ANZSIC code: 48)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
29 April 1816
Birth place
Deptford, London, England, UK
Death date
1893
Active Period
  • 1831
Residence
  • England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Gibbney, H.J. and Smith, A.G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: O'Byrne, W. (1849), 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Stokes, J. Lort (1846), 'Discoveries in Australia...during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle in the Years 1837-43', London, England, UK [2 vols].>]