Robert Hawker Dowling b. 4 July 1827

Also known as Robert Dowling
  • Artist (Painter)
With subjects ranging from Aboriginal to Bibical and orientalist scenes, Dowling was the first to establish the pattern of expatriate exploitation of home patronage, which became such a marked aspect of subsequent Australian art history.
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Name
Robert Hawker Dowling
Also known as Robert Dowling
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • saddler (ANZSIC code: 1320)
Birth date
4 July 1827
Birth place
Colchester, Essex, England, UK, Colchester?, Essex, England, UK
Birth note
Place uncertain
Death date
8 July 1886
Death place
London, England, UK
Burial place
Brompton Cemetery, London
Active Period
  • 1853 - 1886
Arrival
  • 1834
Residence
  • 1886 London, England, UK
  • 1884 - 1886 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1873 - 1884 UK
  • 1872 - 1873 Cairo, Egypt
  • 1857 - 1872 London, England, UK
  • 1834 - 1857 Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • 1827 - 1834 England, UK
Training
  • c.1857 Leigh's Academy, Newman Street, London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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