Robert Elwes

Also known as Robert Elwee
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
The adventurous sketcher and lithographer was shipwrecked off Flinders Island in 1849 on his round-the-world voyage. His book, 'A Sketcher's Tour round the World' featured lithographs of his travels but he considered Australia a poor country for one in search of the picturesque.
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child of
Charles Elwes
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sibling of
née Elwes Eleanora Caroline Fitzgerald
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References [<ExternalResource: Craig, C. (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints', Launceston, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Elwee, R. (1854), 'A Sketcher's Tour round the World', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Hasluck, A. (1973), 'Royal Engineer: A Life of Sir Edmund DuCane', Cremorne, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Anderson, Ingrid.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>]