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Duterrau, Benjamin, b. 1767
Duterrau arrived in Australia when he was 65. Already an established artist, he produced many Australian 'firsts' including 'The Conciliation' - the first history painting ...
Graves, John Woodcock, b. 1795
A painter and composer, Graves worked in a variety of roles and jobs while living in Tasmania, advertising his various skills that included painting, composing, ...
McCormick, Robert, b. 1800
McCormick is neither remembered for his excellence in the navy nor blessed with a magnificent portfolio that might redeem his deficiencies in this area. Although ...
Rowntree, Edward Casson, b. 1810
The best known architectural work by Edward Casson Rowntree is the Hobart Town Savings Bank (now the Murray Street branch of the Savings Bank of ...
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 ...
Hull, Hugh Munro, b. 1818
Hugh Munro Hull was a civil servant and possibly also an amateur photographer. He organised Tasmania's exhibits for several intercolonial and international exhibitions, including the ...
Beauchamp, Robert Proctor, b. 1819
Born into a privileged family, Beauchamp married an heiress after travelling between England, New Zealand and Victoria for a number of years. They finally settled ...
Leake, Charles Henry, b. 1819
Sketcher, farmer and politician of German descent who resided in Tasmania.
Solly, Benjamin Travers, b. 1820
A well-connected colonial official for most of his life, Solly was an accomplished sketcher and watercolourist with representation in significant collections.
King, Thomas F., b. 1821
King was a photographer and cabinet maker who lived and worked in Tasmania though he exhibited his work in Melbourne in 1866 and 1867.
Dunnett, Frank C., b. 1822
Frank C. Dunnett was a painter, lithographer and surveyor. As a chronic asthmatic he was advised to leave Britain and so in about 1856 he ...
Joubert, Jules François De Sales, b. 1824
Nineteenth century art and language teacher, exhibition organiser, theatrical entrepreneur and property developer he played a major part in expanding colonial Australian representation in international ...
Nelson, John, b. 1825
Nelson was a landscape painter, schoolteacher and police clerk. He painted prolifically as he travelled throughout Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.
Chuck, Thomas Foster, b. 1826
Professional photographer and entrepreneur born in London. Resident of Melbourne, Ballarat and Daylesford he documented the explorers and early colonists of Victoria. Much of Chuck's ...
Forrest, Haughton, b. 1826
A painter who worked in Tasmania, many of whose paintings were included in Sotheby's 'The Colonial Sale' in 1997. Some oil paintings were collaborations with ...
Tremlett, Williamina Mary, b. 1827
Teacher, had a school in Hobart Town in 1869 where she taught English, music and drawing before becoming a governess to the Kermode family.
Cawston, William, b. 1828
Professional photographer, framer and gilder. Arrived in Tasmania as a convict and founded the photographic studio Cawston and Sons.
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Sommer, John Conrad, b. 1828
Continental photographer, house painter and drawing teacher, who liked to keep up to date with the latest fashions in photography for commercial purposes.
Fogg, Sarah Ann, b. 1829
Sarah Ann Fogg lived variously in Germany, Italy, South Africa and Tasmania and had many opportunities for studying the great Western works of Europe. It ...
Jefferson, Joseph, b. 1829
Joseph Jefferson was a landscape and scene-painter and an actor. He was born in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jefferson made his stage debut when he ...