Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet b. 17 July 1799

  • Artist (Painter)
A nineteenth-century watercolourist, he first turned to painting as a way out of debt. He subsequently painted historical views of Melbourne.
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associate of
Georgiana McCrae
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child of
née Evelyn Philippa Liardet
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relative of
John Evelyn
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spouse of
Carolina Frederica Liardet
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associate of
C. J. La Trobe
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References [<ExternalResource: (1967), 'Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet', Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 2), Pike, D. (ed.).>, <ExternalResource: Adams, S. (1972), 'Introduction and Notes', Melbourne, Vic : in Liardet's Watercolours of Early Melbourne [Bate, W. (ed.)].>, <ExternalResource: Downer, C. and Phipps, J., (1985), 'Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards', Melbourne, Vic : National Gallery of Victoria catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Greig, A.W. (1916), 'The Liardets of the beach', Victorian Historical Magazine 5 (1916/1917).>, <ExternalResource: McCrae, Georgiana (1978), 'Georgiana's Journal', Sydney, NSW [McCrae, H. (ed.)].>, <ExternalResource: Snowden, C. (1991), 'Wilbraham Liardet', in Swiss Artists in Australia 1777-1991, [Pearce, B. (ed.)], Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Cudmore, P. A.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Parker, Anthony Carrol.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Liardet, Phylis Marcell Evelyn.>]