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Boswell, Annabella Alexandra Campbell, b. 1826
Annabella Alexandra Campbell Boswell was a diarist and accomplished flower painter who grew up in central west New South Wales before moving to Port Macquarie. ...
Berkeley, Charles
Charles Berkeley emigrated to South Australia where he joined the police ranks after a failed attempt at farming. An occasional sketcher known only for an ...
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 ...
Douglass, Alfred D., b. 1820
Alfred D. Douglass was a sketcher, businessman and newspaper proprietor. He came from Scotland to Van Diemen's Land in 1835. Douglass was a proprietor of ...
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 ...
Edgar, Edmund, b. 1800
Edmund Edgar worked in London as a house painter and engraver before being convicted of robbery and sentenced to transportation for life. He used several ...
Barlow, Edward David
Arriving in Sydney in the 1830s, Edward Barlow established himself as a successful printer and lithographer. Barlow was something of an entrepreneur whose work included ...
Boulton, Edward Baker, b. 1812
Edward Baker Boulton was a grazier in northern New South Wales whose artistic practice is said to have enjoyed more attention than his sheep. A ...
Close, Edward Charles, b. 1790
Sketcher, army engineer, landowner and magistrate at Morpeth on the Hunter River, NSW.
Dalton, Edwin
A prominent society photographer, teacher to Queen Victoria and inventor of the 'Biotype'. His talent for portraiture was such 'you could almost speak to' his ...
Davitt, Ellen, b. 1812
Painter, teacher and novelist who ruffled a few feathers with her overbearing personality. She taught drawing at various schools but her own art was not ...
Fisher, Elizabeth, b. 1815
As Elizabeth Morphett, her pictures of a rose and a convolvulus were exhibited at the 1859 South Australian Society of Arts exhibition. They are presumed ...
Frome, Edward Charles, b. 1802
A skilled amateur artist, Frome used his talents to create a career as a painter. His works portrayed the country as inherently beautiful and are ...
Garling, Frederick, b. 1806
Earning his living working at Customs House, Frederick Garling only had early mornings and weekends to spend on his painting yet he was regarded as ...
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 ...
Bayly, George, b. 1808
George Bayly followed in the family tradition of seafaring and sailed to the far corners of the British Empire. He kept meticulous diaries, including pen-and-ink ...