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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 ...
Angas, John Howard, b. 1823
Pastoralist and member of parliament, John Howard Angas was also a natural history painter. He painted birds, insects, and flowers, but no surviving work is ...
Apperly, Henry, b. 1824
Henry Apperly was a sculptor and carver. He may have come to Australia in search of gold, but as of 1854 he hadn't yet found ...
Appleton, Horatio
Colonial Melbourne sketcher who showed a crayon on copper drawing at the 1854 Melbourne Exhibition held in preparation for the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition.
Archer,
Sketcher. A book of sketches drawn by Archer in the 1850s is now held in private collection.
Archer, Alexander, b. 1828
Member of a large enterprising colonial family which included a number of fellow artists, Archer worked for a number of years for the Bank of ...
Archer, Charles, b. 1813
Charles Archer made numerous maps and drawings of Queensland and is considered one of its major early artists. A member of the enterprising colonial Archer ...
Archer, William, b. 1820
Although best-known as an architect, William Archer was also a talented botanical artist. He assisted Dr Joseph Hooker at Kew Gardens with the 'Florae Tasmaniae' ...
Aresti, Joseph
Painter and lithographer. Aresti brought examples of chromolithographs with him on his arrival to Melbourne in 1857 and exhibited works using this process in the ...
Arguimbau, Narcissus George, b. 1829
Watercolourist and naval officer. N.G. Arguimbau painted 'H.M.S. Iris' in 1857 when the ship was serving at the Australia Station. He later settled with his ...
Arragoni, F.
Arragoni was employed as a scene painter during 1856 on The Neapolitan Panorama for Melbourne's Cremorne Gardens. Later that year he offered an oil painting ...
Asquith, W.
Professional photographer, Asquith was working at 98 Bourke Street East, Melbourne in 1858.
Asselin, John Charles
Italian immigrant who painted Sydney landscapes and bush scenery in the 1850s and 1860s. He advertised as a picture restorer as well as a drawing ...
Austin, Robert, b. 1825
Surveyor, Austin led an exploring party north-east of Perth in 1854 and consequently published a journal of the expedition which included a couple of his ...
Austin, William
Draughtsman and painter who exhibited his watercolours in Victoria, Queensland and London. Austin witnessed the arrival of the first gold escort and depicted this event ...
Avarne,
A professional photographer, Avarne was working in partnership with John Ness in Bendigo, Victoria throughout the 1850s.
B., A. E.
A.E.B. was a watercolourist who presumably worked in Tasmania in the 1850s. Their work 'Warratah [sic] Mount Wellington' is held in the National Library of ...
B., A. H.
Little is known of the watercolourist who painted landscapes of the NSW and Victorian countryside but that they were active in the mid-nineteenth century around ...
B., C. H. B.
Watercolourist who is known from only five views of Victoria dated 1857 that are held in the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
B., J. I., b. 1822
Jesuit priest who pursued cultural interests along with his commitment to the natural sciences. There is some suggestion that he is the J.I.B who signed ...