George Frankland b. 1800

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Described by a contemporary as 'a gentleman of the highest talents but without one atom of common sense', Frankland took part in exploratory missions in Van Diemen's Land and drew the misguided 'comic strip' proclamation to the Tasmanian Aborigines in 1829.
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Citations

  • Beattie, J. W. (1919), 'J.W. Beattie to Mitchell Librarian, Letters, 25 April and 26 June 1919’.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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