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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 ...
Tompson, Charles, b. 1784
English born landholder and farmer whose two recorded sketches of himself and his wife are kept in possession of the family.
Reveley, Henry Willey, b. 1788
English born Henry Willey Reveley, sketcher, architect and civil engineer, was responsible for the design and supervision of public works at Fremantle, Perth and outlying ...
Beamont, John, b. 1789
A committed public servant, John Beaumont held various positions in Hobart Town with the colonial administration. Only one known surviving sketch exists, which is now ...
Chapman, Thomas Evans, b. 1789
Painter, art teacher, lithographer and public servant in Hobart, Tasmania. Chapman was not only one of early Tasmania's most prolific, competent and detailed sketchers but ...
Barney, George, b. 1792
George Barney was an English military officer who rose through the ranks of the Royal Engineers to become one of the most regarded and pioneering ...
Devoy, Thomas, b. 1792
Thomas Devoy is best known for his portraits, some of which were exhibited at the 1849 Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts Exhibition in ...
Currie, Jane Eliza, b. 1794
Miniature and watercolour painter, born in England, UK. Resident of Western Australia she painted some of earliest known views taken in the area.
Marsden, Ann, b. 1794
Female colonial painter and embroiderer who taught indigenous children literacy in her Sunday school at Parramatta, while exerting considerable influence on her father, the Reverend, ...
Taylor, James Edward, b. 1794
Painter, farmer and once a toll-gate keeper, James Edward Taylor migrated with family in 1849 from Plymouth, England, and arrived in South Australia. Lived chiefly ...
Bunbury, Margaret Richardson, b. 1795
Lady Bunbury brought with her from Ireland a noted passion for such gentle pursuits as embroidery, sketching, specimen collecting and visiting. Her residence, Charterhouse at ...
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, ...
Wilson, William H., b. 1795
Wilson was an illustrator and wood-engraver who came to Sydney in 1828 where he took up premises as one of the few commercial artist-engravers in ...
Read, Richard Daniel, b. 1796
Richard Read junior was a miniature, portrait and historical painter. Although by no means the only portrait painter in the colony, Read's career was one ...
Rowe, George, b. 1796
George Rowe was one of the most prolific topographical printmakers in England.
Barton, Charlotte, b. 1797
Charlotte Barton came to Australia upon her father's death to work as a governess. Two of her daughters went on to become well-known artists but ...
Gill, John, b. 1797
Colonial era Victorian architect and attributed cartoonist.
Bell, Thomas, b. 1798
After emigrating from Ireland, Thomas Bell and his family lived on the land in New South Wales. After his wife died, Bell placed an advertisement ...
Gresswell, John, b. 1798
Goldsmith and orchardist who was born in England who lived and worked in Perth in mid 1800s.
Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, b. 1799
A nineteenth-century watercolourist, he first turned to painting as a way out of debt. He subsequently painted historical views of Melbourne.