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Wilshire, William Pitt, b. 1807
Native colonial whose claim to fame as first-born Australian artist belied the fact he took up landscape only because of the threat of photography to ...
Russell, Robert, b. 1808
Despite Russell's extensive work as a sketcher, amateur photographer, etcher, lithographer, carver, architect and surveyor, he is still better known for his work ethic and ...
Bull, Knud Geelmuyden, b. 1811
Painter, photographer and drawing master in Hobart and Sydney in the mid to late nineteeth century. Bull arrived in Australia as a convict, having been ...
Claxton, Marshall, b. 1813
Painter, modeller and amateur photographer born in England. Resident of NSW and Victoria he was a prolific painter and 'national benefit'. He is represented in ...
Buvelot, Louis, b. 1814
Swiss landscape painter and portrait photographer, settled in Melbourne in 1864, admired by the artists from the Heidelberg area such as Tom Roberts and Arthur ...
Thwaites, Walter William, b. 1814
A miniature painter and engraver, W.W. Thwaites (1814-1888)and sons established themselves as professional photographers in West and South Australia in the 1860s. However, despite such ...
Shaw, James, b. 1815
James Shaw was born in 1815. He was a painter, photographer, engraver, lithographer, surveyor and lawyer. Shaw's two works 'Flood at Kent Town' and 'Sticking ...
Elyard, Samuel, b. 1817
Influenced by his teacher John Skinner Prout and by Conrad Martens, Elyard favoured picturesque buildings, street scenes and landscapes. He was a colourful figure who ...
Gritten, Henry, b. 1818
Henry Gritten was a painter and professional photographer. He 'enjoyed the favour of Prince Albert, the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Westminster'. Gritten ...
Sandrock, George Frederick, b. 1819
Sandrock was a keen photographer, taking view photographs in the West Indies, Palmerston (Darwin), Bowen, Cardwell and Rockhampton. He was a customs officer, held a ...
Campbell, Oswald Rose, b. 1820
Leading colonial art teacher and painter.
Kerr, John Hunter, b. 1821
A painter and amateur photographer John Hunter Kerr was particularly interested in recording the local Aboriginal people. His book 'Glimpses of Life in Victoria by ...
Adamson, David Beveridge, b. 1823
David Beveridge Adamson emigrated to South Australia in 1839. He designed and produced toys, mechanical appliances and scientific instruments, the latter of which he used ...