Joseph Backler b. 1813

Joseph Backler made the best of his transportation to Australia by becoming a prolific and highly regarded portrait painter. He travelled the east coast taking commissions and leaving a rich legacy of 19th century Australian portraiture.
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Name
Joseph Backler
Gender
Male
Other Occupation
  • Draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
Birth date
1813
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
22 October 1895
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Waverley Cemetery, Waverley, NSW
Active Period
  • 1842 - 1880
Arrival
  • 1832 (Arrived Sydney, NSW aboard the convict ship 'Portland')
Residence
  • 1868 - 1871 Gympie, Qld. ( Studio opposite the "Gympie Times" office in Mary Street, Gympie)
  • 1865 - 1868 Brisbane, QLD, Australia ( Studio located upstairs in Costin's Buildings, Queen Street, during 1865-66.)
  • c.1863- Brisbane, Qld.
  • 1862 - 1863 Glen Innes, NSW
  • 1860 - 1861 Tenterfield, NSW
  • c.1849 - c.1892 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1847 - c.1849 Bathurst, NSW
  • c.1845 - c.1847 Goulburn, NSW
  • c.1843 - c.1845 Sydney, NSW
  • 1833 - 1843 Port Macquarie, NSW
  • 1832 - 1833 Sydney, NSW
  • 1813 - 1832 London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Other occupations
  • Draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
  • Draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
Related people
  • Mitchell, Thomas (associate of)
  • Dunlop, James (associate of)
  • Robinson, Hercules (associate of)
  • Backler, Jane (child of)
  • Backler, Margaret (spouse of)
  • Backler, Sarah (spouse of)
  • Austin, Edward (associate of)
  • Iredale, (associate of)
  • Dennis, J. T. (associate of)
  • Rodgers, William (associate of)
  • Meston, James Alexander (associate of)
  • Fletcher, John (associate of)
  • Rodgers, Annie (associate of)
  • Blackall, (associate of)
  • Eliott, Gilbert (associate of)
  • Dunlop, Jean (associate of)
  • Faithfull, Mary (associate of)
  • Hume, Andrew Hamilton (associate of)
  • Kite, Emily Louisa (associate of)
  • Ridge, Richard (associate of)
  • Smail, Margaret (associate of)
  • Kosvitz, Augustus John (associate of)
  • Mitchell, Thomas (associate of)
  • Dunlop, James (associate of)
  • Robinson, Hercules (associate of)
  • Backler, Jane (child of)
  • Backler, Margaret (spouse of)
  • Backler, Sarah (spouse of)
  • Austin, Mary Ann (associate of)
  • Austin, Edward (associate of)
  • Iredale, (associate of)
  • Dennis, J. T. (associate of)
  • Rodgers, William (associate of)
  • Meston, James Alexander (associate of)
  • Fletcher, John (associate of)
  • Rodgers, Annie (associate of)
  • Blackall, (associate of)
  • Eliott, Gilbert (associate of)
  • Dunlop, Jean (associate of)
  • Faithfull, Mary (associate of)
  • Hume, Andrew Hamilton (associate of)
  • Kite, Emily Louisa (associate of)
  • Ridge, Richard (associate of)
  • Smail, Margaret (associate of)
  • Kosvitz, Augustus John (associate of)
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