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Henderson, John Black, b. 1827
Late colonial-era painter, sketcher, comic illustrator, amateur photographer and surveyor. A founding member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870, Henderson showed six landscapes ...
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 ...
Mann, John Frederick, b. 1819
Colonial era NSW sketcher, amateur photographer and surveyor. In 1846 Mann was second-in-command on Ludwig Leichhardt's second exploring expedition.
Norman, Herbert Hayes, b. 1843
A dentist, sketcher and amateur photographer. He exhibited some photographs at a South Australian exhibition in 1859. Although he spent his time working as a ...
Prinsep, Henry Charles, b. 1844
Harry Prinsep was active in many parts of Western Australian society. Trained in Law and associated with the east India Company he worked as a ...
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 ...
Campbell, Oswald Rose, b. 1820
Leading colonial art teacher and painter.
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 ...
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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.
Morris, William Knibb, b. 1833
Sketcher, amateur photographer and salesman from Tasmania. Morris retained an interest in photography all his life.
Piguenit, William Charles, b. 1836
Influential and widely exhibited late Colonial era Hobart and Sydney landscape painter, amateur photographer, draughtsman and explorer.
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 ...
Niven, Francis Wilson, b. 1831
A sketcher, photographer, lithographer, carver, printer and stationary manufacturer. Upon arriving in Ballarat, Niven purchased a lithographic press from Alfred Ronalds for £40 - said ...
Winter, Alfred, b. 1837
Alfred Winter was a sketcher and professional photographer. He exhibited at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition and was awarded an honourable mention for his work. ...