Thomas W. Rider

Also known as T. W. Rider, T. W. R., Thomas Rider, I. W. R.
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Thomas W. Rider, painter and engraver, worked in Sydney during the late 1840s. He is best known for his illustrations in Heads of the People (1847-1848), a publication for which he was the resident artist. Rider was described as 'a fine specimen of the artistical species in Sydney ... a person of gentlemanly habits and appearance.'
creator of
Portrait of a native Tasmanian woman

Attributed.

 
creator of
An Abattoir
 
creator of
Twelve Profile Portraits
 
creator of
Kitty Jones, Lake Macquarie
 
creator of
Billy Emue of Lake Macquarie
 
creator of
The Critic and the Stage Box

Unsigned. Attributed.

 
creator of
King Boomerang, Chief of Dungog NSW

From the Twelve Profiles folio

 
creator of
Honourable East India Company's Depot at Bungarabbee [sic], New South Wales
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