Senior Richard Daniel Read b. c.1765

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Richard Read (senior) was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for possession of forged notes and arrived in Sydney on the Earl Spencer on 9 October 1813. He was a miniature, portrait and historical painter. His portraits of public officials display naturalistic features that evince a nineteenth-century sensibility.
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Miss Julia Johnston
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(Lachlan Macquarie)
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Raphael Sancto da Urbino
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Elizabeth Broughton
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Related people
  • Macquarie, (associate of)
  • Atkinson, James (associate of)
  • Robinson, Michael Massey (associate of)
  • Marsden, Elizabeth (associate of)
  • Johnston, George (associate of)
  • Read, Sarah (spouse of)
  • Read, Lydia Elizabeth (parent of)
  • Read, Lydia (child of)
  • Read, Richard (parent of)
  • Field, Barron (associate of)
  • Johnston, Esther (associate of)
  • Howe, Mary (associate of)
  • Johnston, Esther (associate of)
  • Macquarie, (associate of)
  • Atkinson, James (associate of)
  • Robinson, Michael Massey (associate of)
  • Marsden, Elizabeth (associate of)
  • Johnston, George (associate of)
  • Read, Sarah (spouse of)
  • Read, Lydia Elizabeth (parent of)
  • Read, Richard (child of)
  • Read, Lydia (child of)
  • Read, Richard (parent of)
  • Field, Barron (associate of)
  • Johnston, Esther (associate of)
  • Howe, Mary (associate of)
  • Johnston, Esther (associate of)
Related works
  • (Drawings of Sydney Cove) (creator of)
  • Miss Julia Johnston (creator of)
  • (Lachlan Macquarie) (creator of)
  • Raphael Sancto da Urbino (creator of)
  • Elizabeth Broughton (creator of)
  • John Buckland (creator of)
  • (Drawings of Sydney Cove) (creator of)
  • Miss Julia Johnston (creator of)
  • (Lachlan Macquarie) (creator of)
  • Raphael Sancto da Urbino (creator of)
  • Elizabeth Broughton (creator of)
  • John Buckland (creator of)
Related collections
  • untitled (collected in)
  • Royal Commonwealth Society Library, London, UK (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • untitled (collected in)
  • Royal Commonwealth Society Library, London, UK (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Government House (received)
  • Commission for Captain John Piper. (received)
  • Mary (Mrs Richard) Jones (received)
  • Portrait of Governor Macquarie (received)
  • Read's drawing of Sydney Cove used as the frontispiece to James Atkinson's 'An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales' (London 1826). (received)
  • Commission for Mr Kelly to celebrate his certificate of freedom (received)
  • Dance floor for the Bachelors' Ball (received)
  • Government House (received)
  • Commission for Captain John Piper. (received)
  • Mary (Mrs Richard) Jones (received)
  • Portrait of Governor Macquarie (received)
  • Read's drawing of Sydney Cove used as the frontispiece to James Atkinson's 'An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales' (London 1826). (received)
  • Commission for Mr Kelly to celebrate his certificate of freedom (received)
  • Dance floor for the Bachelors' Ball (received)
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