Thomas Dean 'The Harpist' mexican artists (c) David Larwill / Copyright

(c) David Larwill / Copyright Agency

a colonial vessel making the voyage from England to Sydney

titled and editioned in margin

this suite depicts the diverse Australian landscape from Western Australia to Tasmania

Condition: As New

Thomas Dean 'The Harpist' mexican artists (c) David Larwill / CopyrightThomas Dean came to Australia on the Commonwealth, a colonial vessel making the voyage from England to Sydney. Like many artists before him, he started life in Australia as labourer or more specifically a railway fettler. Travelling across New South Wales, Dean started taking and developing photographs which later led to an interest in painting after he befriended an itinerant painter. Despite railway fettling consuming most of his time, Dean