Thomas James Lempriere b. 11 January 1796

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Self-taught portrait painter and decorative artist of Tasmania during the mid 1800s. Linus Miller said about him: 'Mr Lempriere was one of those rare specimens of humanity whom nature has endowed with a soul so much larger and more noble than we generally meet with'.
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    Private collections

  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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References [<ExternalResource: Ellis, W. (1967), 'Thomas James Lempriere', Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 2), Pike, D. (ed.).>, <ExternalResource: Heard, D. (ed.) (1981), 'The Journal of Charles O'Hara Booth', Hobart, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Lempriere, T. (1850), 'Souvenirs of France', United Services Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: Miller, L.W. (1846), 'Notes of an Exile to Van Diemen's Land', New York, USA.>, <ExternalResource: 'Lempriere Papers and Diaries', Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (manuscript A3343, A577).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>]