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Allan, H. R. W.
Colonial lithographer who produced a landscape of Melbourne suburbs and a portrait of Berebahori, a New South Wales Aboriginal. Both works are held in the ...
Allport, Mary Morton, b. 1806
Painter of landscapes, flowers, natural history studies and portrait miniatures. Allport's etchings, engravings and lithographs were the first to have been made by a woman ...
Angas, George French, b. 1822
A watercolour and natural history painter, many of Angas's sketches from his travels as a naturalist in the mid 1800s became the basis for lithographic ...
Austin, John Baptist, b. 1827
A mining expert and journalist. Austin's only certain artwork is a signed pencil drawing entitled 'Adelaide, South Australia from the West End of Hindley Street, ...
Austin, John Gardner
Not to be confused with the Dublin convict goldsmith and colonial banknote engraver John Austin, J.G. Austin was a lithographer and copperplate printer who, from ...
Baker, William Kellett, b. 1806
A trained engraver, William Kellett Baker sold lithographic - often unauthorised prints of works by well known colonial artists including William Henry Fernyhough. As a ...
Balcombe, Thomas Tyrwhitt, b. 1810
Although Thomas Balcombe did not enjoy working as a public servant, his position as a field surveyor afforded him the opportunity to travel extensively. His ...
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 ...
Becker, Ludwig, b. 1808
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
Bluett, Thomas, b.
Thomas Bluett settled in Hobart in 1843 and became a well-known lithographer whose clients included artists such as Thomas Chapman and Mary Morton Allport.
Bock, Thomas, b. 1790
A first-class engraver and photographer, Thomas Bock was transported to Van Dieman's Land for assisting in an abortion. He stayed on in Australia after his ...
Browne, Thomas, b. 1816
Thought to have been the first resident professional photographer in Hobart, Browne had a daguerreotype studio in 1846 and is known only to have taken ...
Burgess, Ellen, b. 1821
Daughter of Judge Francis Burgess, Ellen visited Norfolk Island for a few months in 1846 with her father. While there she documented the landscape - ...
Burn, Henry, b. 1807
Burn's watercolour and oil landscapes demonstrate his success in capturing the changing effects of light and atmosphere as well as incorporating interesting contemporary details.
Buvelot, Louis, b. 1814
Swiss landscape painter and portrait photographer, settled in Melbourne in 1864, admired by the artists from the Heidelberg area such as Tom Roberts and Arthur ...
Carmichael, John Black, b. 1803
A painter, etcher, art teacher and engraver. Despite being 'deaf and dumb', a distinguishing handicap often mentioned in relation to his work, Carmichael was nevertheless ...
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 ...
Chevalier, Nicholas, b. 1828
Painter, lithographer and illustrator born in St Petersburg, Russia. Resident of Melbourne, New Zealand and England. Chevalier was a leading and somewhat flamboyant figure in ...
Clayton, Samuel, b. 1783
Portraitist, engraver, art teacher and silversmith born in Ireland. Transported to NSW, reputedly for forgery, he prospered in the colony.
Clayton, Thomas
Wood engraver, born in Ireland. Clayton was convicted of forgery and transported to NSW with his father where he went on to become Sydney's leading ...