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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Citations

  • Gibbney, H.J. and Smith, A.G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939’, Canberra, ACT.

  • O’Byrne, W. (1849), 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary’, London, England, UK.

  • 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].

Initial data sources

  • 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].>]