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Clark, John James, b. 1838

Watercolour painter, photographer, architect and engineer born in Liverpool, England. Resident of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia he was responsible for the ...

Claxton, Florence, b. 1838

19th century English painter, illustrator, engraver and feminist. Lived briefly Sydney in the 1850s and occasionally used Australian themes in her English newspaper illustrations. She ...

Clifford, William, b. 1838

William Clifford was born in 1838. He was a cabinetmaker who arrived in 1864.

Deering, John W., b. 1838

Surveyor and amateur marine painter who arrived in Australia in 1855. Deering regularly exhibited his paintings with the New South Wales Academy of Art and ...

Freyberger, H. M., b. 1838

A painter and part time photographer, Freyberger was best known as a scene painter in Melbourne theatres in the 1860s and 1870s. He also painted ...

Hasler, Frederick John, b. 1838

Frederick John Hasler was born in Galway, Ireland. Emigrated to Australia in Jan/Feb 1869 and landed in April 1869. Worked from home as a photographer ...

Jones, David Evans, b. 1838

Nineteenth century sketcher and Anglican clergyman, he spent much of his life travelling to different parishes throughout regional NSW, where he made small-scale sketchbook drawings ...

Leverman, John Louis, b. 1838

A country cabinetmaker who arrived in Western Australia in 1859. He worked at the Greenough from the 1860s into the 20th century.

Martens, Rebecca, b. 1838

Sydney-born female artist who used watercolour, pencil and ink to depict a variety of subjects in her work from landscapes, houses, plant studies and even ...

Moser, Herman, b. 1838

Professional photographer, jeweller, publican and farmer worked in NSW and Victoria. Moser died at Tyntynder from tetanus following an accident to his hand on 31 ...

Newport, William John, b. 1838

Newport was a lithographer whose work focused mainly on Northern Territory scenes. Newport was listed in South Australian directories for 1867/1868.

Schell, Frederic B., b. 1838

Frederic B. Schell was an illustrator for the American publications Harper's Weekly & Frank Leslie's Illustrated News. He was recruited to be the Superintendent of ...

Stewart, Robert, b. 1838

Professional photographer, who owned a studio in Sydney's CBD in the late nineteenth century, selling his photographs and photographic equipment, before moving to Melbourne in ...