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
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 - 1880-1889
Arrival
  • 26 March 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.November 1849 - c.22 October 1892 Sydney, NSW
  • c.February 1847 - c.1849 Bathurst, NSW
  • c.1845 - c.1847 Goulburn, NSW
  • c.January 1843 - c.1845 Sydney, NSW
  • May 1833 - January 1843 Port Macquarie, NSW
  • 1832 - May 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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