Augustus Earle
British artist (1793-1838) · Artists · Died at 45
Augustus Earle was an English painter. Unlike earlier artists who worked outside Europe and were employed on voyages of exploration or worked abroad for wealthy, often aristocratic patrons, Earle was able to operate quite independently - able to combine his lust for travel with an ability to earn a living through art.
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Punishing negroes at Cathabouco, Rio de Janeiro, c. 1822. Watercolour by Augustus Earle in the National Library of Australia
Augustus Earle, Portrait of Bungaree, a native of New South Wales, with Fort Macquarie, Sydney Harbour, in background, (1826): oil on canvas; 68.5 x 50.5 cm. National Library of Australia![Scene on the quarterdeck of the HMS Beagle painted around 24 September 1832 most likely by Augustus Earle. Charles Darwin is the central figure in a top hat, examining a specimen.[5]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Augustus_Earle_%28presumed%29_-_Quarter_Deck_of_a_Man_of_War_on_Diskivery_%28sic%29_or_interesting_Scenes_on_an_Interesting_Voyage.jpg/1280px-Augustus_Earle_%28presumed%29_-_Quarter_Deck_of_a_Man_of_War_on_Diskivery_%28sic%29_or_interesting_Scenes_on_an_Interesting_Voyage.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Scene on the quarterdeck of the HMS Beagle painted around 24 September 1832 most likely by Augustus Earle. Charles Darwin is the central figure in a top hat, examining a specimen.[5]
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The body of work he produced during his travels comprises a significant documentary record of the effects of European contact and colonisation during the early nineteenth century.
