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Barnet Glass
Barnet Glass was Melbourne-based water proof garment manufacturer amalgamated with Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Company in 1929.
Habbe, Alexander Christian, b. 1829
Colonial era Danish-born scene-painter, cartoonist and soldier. Habbe's scenes painted for the Christmas pantomimes at the Opera House rivalled those of John Hennings at the ...
Deering, Henry
Henry Deering was a scenic artist and theatrical producer. In 1851 he was credited with painting the moving diorama introduced into the pantomime he produced ...
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Devereux, John, b. 1810
Kopsch,
Kopsch ran photographic studio in Adelaide in partnership with C.W. May. Working later in Sydney, he worked as the designer and decorator of a composite ...
Lazenby, George, b. 1807
Cabinetmaker, master builder, lay preacher and civil servant. He was born in 1807. A man with a social conscience Lazenby was Chairman of the Swan ...
Lockington, C.
Wood engraver, advertised in the Illustrated Sydney News of 13 May 1854 as a designer and engraver on wood, stating that he was 'prepared to ...
McAlish, John, b. 1830
Cabinetmaker who arrived in 1848.
Douglas,
Mr Douglas was a scene painter. In 1855 and 1866 he worked for Sydney's new Prince of Wales Theatre. In 1869 Douglas worked for the ...
Levinge,
Illustrator, illuminator and designer, illuminated an address presented to Rev. Dr John Bede Polding, in the late 1840s. It was later praised as a masterpiece ...
Miran,
Painter and designer, from London, ran drawing classes in 'Architecture and Landscape' at Hobart Town.
Qwist, Christian Ludwig, b. 1818
Photographer and goldsmith of Danish heritage. A resident of Bendigo and in later years Sydney, mainly noted for his design and craftsmanship of commissioned commemorative ...
Richardson-Bunbury, Margaret, b. 1795
Lady Margaret Richardson-Bunbury was born in 1795. She was an embroiderer and garden designer. Lady Richardson-Bunbury formed the first Western Australian branch of the British ...
Sands & McDougall
Sands & McDougall was a large printing firm in 19th century Sydney. The firm employed artists to design invitations and illuminations.
Davis, Thomas, b. 1829
Thomas Davis was born in 1829. He was a cabinetmaker who worked at Perth and Fremantle.
Dennis, Joseph Tracton, b.
Irish-born colonial artist who began his career in Sydney painting portraits and scenes for the theatre. In later years he painted historical and religious subjects ...
Bateman, Edward La Trobe, b. 1816
Although seeking his fortune in the Victorian goldfields, Edward La Trobe Bateman instead drifted into work as an illustrator and landscape designer. One of his ...
West, E. H.
Watercolour painter and designer, appears to have been in Sydney in the late 1840s when she painted a watercolour, Henrietta Villa, Eliza Point, Rose Bay.
Andrews, Charles William
Andrews was probably the most prolific of the signature artists to appear in the earliest series of the Illustrated Sydney News. Most of his illustrations ...
Willson, John Henry, b. 1822
Architect, decorator and scene painter. As city architect he designed the present facade and vestibule of the Sydney Town Hall as well as the Woolloomooloo ...