Prinsep, Henry Charles (1844-1922)

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Bonshop (1844-1922)
Prinsep, Harry (1844-1922)
Field of activity
estate manager; local government head; painter; protector of Aboriginals; public servant; public service/statutory authority head; Painting; Photography; Drawing; Black & white art; Scene-painter; Topographical draughtsman; Settler; Public servant; Chief Protector of Aborigines; Head of the Mines Department; Pastoralist
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PRINSEP, HENRY CHARLES (1844-1922), estate manager, horse-trader, artist and civil servant, was born on 5 September 1844 at Calcutta, India, son of Charles Robert Prinsep, standing counsel to the East India Co. government and occasionally acting advocate-general of Bengal, and his wife Louisa Anne, née White. Charles invested in Australian colonization—the Adelphi estate in Van Diemen's Land and the Belvedere estate in Western Australia.

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Harry Prinsep was active in many parts of Western Australian society. Trained in Law and associated with the east India Company he worked as a draughtsman among other thing, producing numerous amateur and professional sketches, paintings and photographs.

painter, scene-painter, topographical draughtsman, amateur photographer, settler and public servant, was born on 5 September 1844 in Calcutta, India, where his father Charles Robert Prinsep was British agent-general. Educated in England under the care of his uncle Thoby Prinsep, Henry (known as Harry) was given art lessons by George Frederick Watts in company with his older cousin, Valentine Prinsep. Later he studied law at Oxford and art at Dresden and Heidelberg. His father died in ...

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  • fl. 1857-ca. 1907

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  1. Portraits of John Garett Bussell, Mrs John Garett Bussell, Miss Caroline Bussell and Mrs H. C. Prinsep (nee Josephine Bussell)
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Art work : 1870 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.953)

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  2. Views of Cattle Chosen showing house from the north and Emily and Virginia Prinsep under the trees
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Art work : 1869-1884 ]
    At WA State Library
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  3. Goodbye / Henry Charles Prinsep
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Art work : 1880 ]
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    Goodbye / Henry Charles Prinsep
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  4. Mary at the Dairy
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Poster, chart, other : 1890 ]
    At WA State Library
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.003)

  5. Views in Perth and the surrounding area
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Art work : 1870-1890 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.003)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.003)

  6. Caricatures of H. de Burgh - by particular request and You know Who
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Art work : 1870-1890 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.935)

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  7. Illustrations to Forrest's Kimberley expedition
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Photograph : 1879 ]
    At WA State Library
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.929)

  8. Scenes of travel and adventure in Western Australia, Perth 1880 / Henry Charles Prinsep
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Photograph : 1880 ]
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    Scenes of travel and adventure in Western Australia, Perth 1880 / Henry Charles Prinsep
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  9. [Untitled poem] Henry Charles Prinsep
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Object : 1883 ]
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    At National Library
    [Untitled poem] Henry Charles Prinsep
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  10. Cattle - Chosen, Vasse / Henry Charles Prinsep
    Prinsep, Henry Charles, 1844-1922
    [ Art work : 1880 ]
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    Cattle - Chosen, Vasse / Henry Charles Prinsep
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  1. H.C. Prinsep and wife and family
    [ Photograph : 1900 ]
    At WA State Library
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.489)

  2. Dec. 1894 warden's camel buggy with Warden Jephson and H.C. Prinsep at Kalgoorlie
    Hemus & Hall
    [ Book : 1900 ]
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  3. Little Holland House, Busselton, W.A
    Illustrations Ltd
    [ Book : 1919 ]
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  4. Little Holland House, Busselton, W.A. [picture]
    Illustrations Ltd
    [ Photograph : 1919 ]
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    Little Holland House, Busselton, W.A. [picture]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.007)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.007)

  5. Henry Charles Prinsep and family at his house The Studio, 160 Hay Street, Perth [picture]
    [ Photograph : 1905 ]
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    Henry Charles Prinsep and family at his house The Studio, 160 Hay Street, Perth [picture]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.338)

  6. Little Holland House
    HRRC
    [ Photograph : 1910 ]
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    Little Holland House
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.659)

  7. Henry Charles Prinsep and family at his house The Studio, 160 Hay Street, Perth
    [ Photograph : 1905 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.497)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.497)

  8. Burt family collection of photographs
    [ Photograph : 1880-1900 ]
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