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Ward, Robert Dalzell, b. 1819
Ward was the first medical practitioner in the district of North Sydney, NSW. He was a keen amateur photographer, mainly taking local views. His best-known ...
Warren,
Photographic showman, showed dissolving views at Brisbane in August 1857. There is, however, no evidence that he prepared these himself.
Waters, Henry
Painter and carver, showed his painting, 'A Storm', in the Colonial Room at the second exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine ...
Wathen, George Henry, b. 1818
George Henry Wathen's observations of goldfields' life were recorded in his book 'The Golden Colony or, Victoria in 1854'. This was illustrated, with his own ...
Watson, John
Professional photographer, operated photographic studios in Brisbane and Sydney. In 1874, he published 'Watson's Queensland Album of Photographic Scenery'.
Watts,
Scene-painter who painted scenery for a performance at the Queen's Theatre, Melbourne in 1850. In 1867 he executed a large transparency in oils for the ...
Watts, Aland, b. 1834
Aland Watts specialised in painting and decorating shop windows but also painted pictures, mainly in oil.
Watts, George Stedman, b. 1804
Watts set up business as a portrait painter in 1842. This did not last long and none of his portraits have been located. He worked ...
Webb, Alexander James, b. 1813
oil and watercolour painter. Migrated to Victoria about 1855 and settled in Geelong. His work consisted mainly of landscapes, most of which were done in ...
Webster, John, b. 1818
Webster produced sketches during the voyage of the 'Wanderer' in 1851. These were later worked up by George French Angas into twenty-five watercolours, intended as ...
Weger, Wilhelm, b. 1839
Sketcher and blacksmith of German origin. Wilhelm drew a naive watercolour of Ernst Weger's Stanley Street business, North Adelaide in 1855.
Weidenbach, Max, b. 1823
Painter, Egyptologist and Prussian consul to South Australia. A watercolour sketch of Glen Osmond in 1849 from the Chimney Hill showing the Miners' Arms Hotel, ...
Wellings, Henry, b. 1827
Portrait painter of Balmain, Sydney. Described as 'musician, artist, and ripe Shakespearean actor'.
West, Christopher M. S.
Sketcher, is known only for his pencil 'View from Dryburgh St, Melbourne, Victoria - As It Was in 1855'.
Westmacott, Robert Marsh, b. 1801
Sketcher, army officer and pioneer, is best known for his Sketches in Australia, a volume of eighteen tinted lithographic views each preceded by a short ...
Weynton, Alexander, b. 1827
Colonial era British watercolourist and master mariner. Made several visits to Australia during his sea voyages.
Wherrett, Charles, b. 1832
Professional portrait and landscape photographer working primarily in Hobart, Tasmania. He also worked in Castlemaine and Bendigo, Victoria.
White, William
Drawing teacher and architect. He designed St Paul's Church of England at West Maitland that is still in use.
Whitehead, Isaac, b. 1819
Isaac Whitehead was a painter, watercolourist, pastellist, picture-framer and art promoter. He must have come to Victoria with his family in about 1858, according to ...
Wigmore, R.
Wigmore organised the Hobart Town Art-Treasures Exhibition with Morton Allport in around 1858. He was a sketcher.