George Edwards Peacock

George Edwards Peacock
Morning at the Heads Port Jackson, 1850, G. E. Peacock
Born
George Edwards Peacock

(1806-09-04)4 September 1806
Sedbergh, Yorkshire England
Died1890
NationalityEnglish
Known forPainting, Meteorology, Law
MovementLandscape painting

George Edwards Peacock was an Australian colonial artist. He was born in England and transported to Australia for forgery in 1837. While working as a meteorologist at South Head, Sydney, he started exhibiting paintings. The surviving landscape paintings are now considered as early documents of colonial Sydney.

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