Thomas Fewson b. 27 August 1797

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Captain Fewson's watercolour view of Kangaroo Island (1837) is the earliest surviving visual record of the first South Australian settlers' inhospitable landing place.
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Citations

  • Wilson, S.C. and Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Fewson, T. (1857), 'Memorandum of a Few Items of Thomas Fewson’s Life’, Launceston, Tasmania.

Initial data sources

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

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Related people
  • Fewson, Thomas (child of)
  • Fewson, Thomas (child of)
Related works
  • A Sketch of Kangaroo Island (creator of)
  • Kingscote, Kangaroo Island (creator of)
  • A Sketch of Kangaroo Island (creator of)
  • Kingscote, Kangaroo Island (creator of)
Related collections
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Exhibition of Pictures; the Works of Colonial Artists (None)
  • Exhibition of Pictures; the Works of Colonial Artists (None)
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