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Robert Burnard (1799/1800 – 1846/1847 or 13 April 1876) was an English 
JOHN GUBBINS NEWTON AND HIS SISTER, MARY NEWTON by ROBERT BURNARD
Who was Robert Burnard? by Agnus Trumble
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnard, Robert 19th-century English painters 19th-century Australian painters 19th-century English male artists Australian people of English descent English male painters English portrait painters People from Cornwall Year of birth uncertain Australian male painters Painters from Cornwall
painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
. Burnard painted houses as well as portraits. Burnard was born in 1799 or 1800 in Laneast
Laneast ( kw, Lanneyst) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies above the River Inny valley, about six miles (11 km) west of Launceston. The population in the 2001 census was 164, increasing to 209 at the ...
, the son of Elizabeth Westlake Burnard and Richard Parnell Burnard. He emigrated to Australia in 1840. The year of his death is uncertain, as his son with the same name had a very similar career; some sources state that he died by 1847 (an article in the ''South Australian Register
''The Register'', originally the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', and later ''South Australian Register,'' was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and f ...
'' said he was "departed") whereas others list 13 April 1876.
The '' John Gubbins Newton and His Sister, Mary Newton'' painting is the only known English painting (prior to Australian emigration) that can with certainty be ascribed to Burnard.
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JOHN GUBBINS NEWTON AND HIS SISTER, MARY NEWTON by ROBERT BURNARD
Who was Robert Burnard? by Agnus Trumble
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnard, Robert 19th-century English painters 19th-century Australian painters 19th-century English male artists Australian people of English descent English male painters English portrait painters People from Cornwall Year of birth uncertain Australian male painters Painters from Cornwall