Biographical entry: Huxley, Thomas Henry

Summary

A number of pictorial items associated with Thomas Huxley are held, chiefly relating to the period 1846-1850, when he served as assistant surgeon aboard the marine survey vessel H.M.S. Rattlesnake, in north-eastern Australian waters. They include:

Four watercolour paintings of Torres Strait Island people, painted by Huxley, ca.1849. National Library of Australia PICT.6017-6020.

Two pencil sketches of Huxley by Captain Owen Stanley. National Library of Australia PICT. 1111, 1112.

Additional portraits and photographs of Huxley are held.