George Rowe (printmaker)

He produced many views of Sussex, Kent, Exeter, Devon, Plymouth and of local seaside resorts, including Sidmouth, Torquay and Lynton.

[2] Rowe, his wife and two children, moved to Cheltenham in 1832 or 1834, possibly to escape a cholera outbreak in Exeter, and he became an important figure in the town's life over the next twenty years.

With his wife, he gave lessons in drawing and painting, and sold artists materials and prints of Cheltenham and other towns.

[1][2] By 1852 Rowe's business activities were in difficulties and he left Cheltenham for the Australian goldfields in June where he spent about seven years.

He returned to Britain in 1858 or 1859 and settled in Exeter where he prepared a series of views of Australia and Tasmania for which he won a gold medal at the London 1862 International Exhibition.