Samuel elyard biography
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Samuel Elyard and the Jews of Sydney
Samuel Elyard, ca.
Samuel elyard biography
1880-1895. Silver gelatin photoprint. DG P1 / 8
Samuel Elyard (1817-1910) is remembered as a fine landscape painter. He had studied under Conrad Martens and John Skinner Prout, and in the late nineteenth century produced many very attractive views of the Shoalhaven River district.
In the 1850s, he almost caused the downfall of the Jewish community in Sydney.
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A staunch Protestant, Elyard suffered from delusions that had him believe he was variously prince of Israel, king of Australia, president of the Australian republic and the incarnation of the prophet Elijah. He worked obsessively towards both bringing about the fall of Catholicism and converting the Jews of Australia to Christianity.
Elyard imported Hebrew type from England, enabling him to add Hebrew phrases to the documents he printed. He produced several petitions, some of which appear below, asking permission to preach in various churches, and