Thomas Henry Johnson Browne Britain, Australia, 1818-82
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About Thomas Henry Johnson Browne
Thomas Browne, watercolourist, architect, surveyor, civil engineer and schoolmaster, was born in 1818 in London. He trained as an architect and civil engineer, and had his own London practice in 1854 62. He was convicted of forging money orders in 1862 and sentenced to ten years' transportation to Western Australia, arriving in the Lord Dalhousie on 28 December 1863. He was employed in the Office of Works Department of the Convict Establishment at Fremantle and received his ticket of leave in 1865 a conditional pardon in 1869. By 1872 his sentence had expired, and after working as an architect, engineer and land agent until 1880, when he opened the Alta Gardens Hotel, a grand hotel and pleasure garden in South Perth. However, the hotel was always in debt and in 1882 he was found guilty of criminal activities over a land transaction in connection with the hotel. In prison that night, waiting to be sentenced, he committed suicide by taking strychnine.
Since 1970 we have recorded only one work being sold at auction by this artist, which was in 2013.
Thomas Henry Johnson Browne is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 290
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 103
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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