John Rae b. 1813

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
"I am anxious to make some of you amateurs like myself" was Rae's plea to students at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in 1855. He was referring to his experiments in photography, yet the word amateur hardly applies. Anything he turned his hand to he seemed to master and his interests encompassed both the business and cultural worlds. In his artmaking he was most concerned with "fidelity to nat
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Name
John Rae
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Clerk
  • Accountant
  • Secretary
  • Public servant
  • Author
Birth date
1813
Birth place
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Death date
1900
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1893
Arrival
  • 8 December 1839
Residence
  • Scotland, UK
  • Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
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  • DAA with additions

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  • Valley of the Upper Murray from Welaregang [sic] Station (creator of)
  • Wollongong (creator of)
  • Newcastle (creator of)
  • Willoughby Falls (creator of)
  • The Porteus Mob, from Sir Walter Scott's Heart of Midlothian (creator of)
  • Sunset (creator of)
  • View of the Domain and Macquarie-Street, Sydney (creator of)
  • A Young Lady (creator of)
  • A Lady (creator of)
  • A Gentleman (creator of)
  • Panoramic view of Sydney Harbour Taken from Macquarie Light House in 1859 (creator of)
  • Newcastle in 1849 (creator of)
  • Kent Street, Showing Old Government Printing Office and the Library (creator of)
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Related events
  • Collectors' List 62A (exhibited at)
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