Thomas Godfrey

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Lieutenant in the Royal Navy who drew several Sydney and Auckland landscapes when en route to Australia.
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sketcher and naval officer, was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy who came to New Zealand and the east coast of Australia aboard HMS Urgent in the mid 1840s. He drew several Sydney views, including Botany Bay [La Perouse Monument] (ink and wash), and Orphan Asylum Parramatta River Sydney. Feby. 1845 , a watercolour wash, is attributed to him. Godfrey also made views of Auckland and the New Zealand coastline, plus an attributed wash drawing en route to Australia Bass Straits. Augt. 20th 1844 . All known subjects of Australian interest are in a sketchbook held at the Mitchell Library.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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Related collections
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)