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Augustus Earle

Augustus Earle was a painter and world traveler (1793–1838). He was born at London.

Also recorded as Augustus Earl; Earl.

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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Augustus Earl and Earl. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of James Earl and Georgiana Caroline Pitt Pilkington.

Recognition and collections

Work by Augustus Earle is held by Auckland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Royal Museums Greenwich and National Gallery of Australia.

Identity

Augustus Earle is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Augustus Earle is recorded with the occupation world traveler. Augustus Earle is classed in the genre portrait.

Works and catalogued output

What Augustus Earle produced.

Rio de Janeiro: young children are being sold as slaves to men in cloaks and wide hats. Aquatint by Edward Finden, 1824, after Augustus Earle, ca. 1820. is dated 5. April 1824 and held by Wellcome Collection. Mrs Richard Brooks is catalogued and held by National Gallery of Victoria (inventory A34-1977). Priest and Boy is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1880.1). A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 is dated 1832. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 15 works under this heading.

Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 6 works under this heading.

Holdings and surviving copies

National Gallery of Australia records 6 objects associated with this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 71 objects associated with this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Augustus Earle may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Augustus Earle is established in the international name authorities as Social Networks and Archival Context w683891j, Getty Union List of Artist Names 500012341, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 123476240, Library of Congress n81018129, Libraries Australia 485534, ISNI 0000000066810146, IdRef 067233643, VIAF 23050441 and Wikidata Q663092.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.

Work by Augustus Earle is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Royal Museums Greenwich, National Gallery of Australia and Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.

Chronology

  1. 1793Augustus Earle born at London.
  2. 1793Augustus Earle was born in 1793 at London.
  3. 1793Augustus Earle was born on 1 June 1793.
  4. 1794Augustus d'Este (1794-1848), multiple sclerosis sufferer and peerage claimant is dated 18 May 1848 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1796The trial at large on an action for damages , brought in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, ... on Saturday the 20th of February, 1796; by the Right Hon. George Fred. Earl of Westmeath, against the Honourable Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw, for adultery with the Right Hon. Mary Anne, Countess of Westmeath; .. is dated 1796 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1824Recife, Brazil: a street with men in high hats and uniform pointing out with long sticks the slaves they wish to purchase. Aquatint by Edward Finden after Augustus Earle. is dated 5 April 1824 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1824Rio de Janeiro: young children are being sold as slaves to men in cloaks and wide hats. Aquatint by Edward Finden, 1824, after Augustus Earle, ca. 1820. is dated 5. April 1824 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 1825Mrs Barnett Levey is dated 1825 and held by Art Gallery of South Australia (inventory 20048P73).
  9. 1826Captain John Piper is dated 1826 and held by National Gallery of Australia (inventory NGA 80.1082).
  10. 1826Mrs John Piper (National Gallery of Australia).
  11. 1827A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 is dated 1832.
  12. 1830Frances and Algernon Black is dated 1830 and held by Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (inventory GLAHA:43527).
  13. 1836Life on the ocean, representing the usual occupations of the young officers in the steerage of a British frigate at sea is dated 1836 and held by Royal Museums Greenwich (inventory BHC1118).
  14. 1836Divine service as it is usually performed on board a British frigate at sea is dated 1836 and held by Royal Museums Greenwich (inventory BHC1119).
  15. 1838Augustus Earle died at London.
  16. 1838Augustus Earle died in 1838 at London.
  17. 1838Augustus Earle died on 10 December 1838.
  18. 1880Priest and Boy is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1880.1).
  19. 1977Captain Richard Brooks is catalogued and held by National Gallery of Victoria (inventory A33-1977).
  20. 1977Mrs Richard Brooks is catalogued and held by National Gallery of Victoria (inventory A34-1977).
  21. 2001Captain Thomas Valentine Blomfield is catalogued and held by National Gallery of Victoria (inventory 2001.47).

Connections

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Died at

  • LondonPlace

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

Born at

  • LondonPlace

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Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Anamorphosis as colonial encounter: the case of Augustus Earle, Postcolonial Studies, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Augustus Earle in New Zealand: An Early Colonial Artistic Perspective, Te Kaharoa, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    AUGUSTUS EARLE, Notes and Queries, 1964

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Earle [Earl], Augustus, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Earle, Augustus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Augustus Earle (Internet Archive), 6 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Augustus Earle.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Augustus Earle as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Augustus Earle.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 71 works naming Augustus Earle.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    “Augustus Earle”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  12. 12.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q663092: Augustus Earle

    authority record · Unverified · Wikidata

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Plates

Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Solitude, watching the horizon at sun set, in the hope of seeing a vessel, Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic

Solitude, watching the horizon at sun set, in the hope of seeing a vessel, Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic

Augustus Earle · http://www.europicture.de/product_info.php/language/de/products_id/427091 · Public domain

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