Missing persons: Thomas Woolner in Australia, Angus Trumble
Abstract:
The English sculptor Thomas Woolner sailed out to Victoria in 1852 to search for gold. Like many others who failed to strike it rich, he returned to his earlier profession. Woolner created a series of portraits of prominent colonials in Melbourne and Sydney before returning to England in 1854; most are well known, but some are yet to be identified.
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