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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 ...
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' ...
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 ...
Backler, Joseph, b. 1813
Joseph Backler made the best of his transportation to Australia by becoming a prolific and highly regarded portrait painter. He travelled the east coast taking ...
Badgery, Mary Ann, b. 1814
Marriage and nine sons meant that Mary Ann Badgery never realised her ambitions to establish herself as an art teacher however she painted and exhibited ...
Baines, John Thomas, b. 1820
John Thomas Baines spent most of his life in Africa, although he travelled to Australia to join the North Australian Expedition of 1855. Always an ...
Balk, Eugen Wilhelm Ernst De, b. 1839
De Balk worked as a professional photographer in Sydney and Geelong. He was one of the earliest recorded artists to experiment with composite photography in ...
Ball, Adam Gustavus, b. 1821
Like so many artists of the period, Ball's job as a civil engineer allowed him to travel throughout South Australia recording scenes of outback life ...
Bardwell, William H.
Bardwell was a professional photographer and regular exhibitor who spent most of his working life in Ballarat, Vic.
Barnes, Henry
Henry Barnes spent his working life at the Australian Museum in Sydney where he worked as a photographer and taxidermist. He was involved in a ...
Barnes, Philip
A resident of Tasmania, Philip Barnes worked as a theatrical designer and teacher. His surviving works are of Launceston subjects.
Barney, Henrietta
Lesser known than her sister, the painter Mary Jane Scott, Henrietta nevertheless was a competent sketcher who studied under one of Australia's famous early painters, ...
Barraud, Charles Decimus, b. 1822
Despite living mostly in New Zealand, Barraud spent several years in Victoria and in 1854 he exhibited several paintings, all of New Zealand scenes, at ...
Bartley, N.
N. Bartley was an artist and/or an exhibitor at the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. There is some speculation Bartley is the author Naham Bartley.
Barton, Emily Mary, b. 1817
Emigrating to Australia in 1839 with her parents, Emily Mary Barton married soon after and lived in rural New South Wales during which time she ...
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 ...
Baxter, Annie Maria, b. 1816
Annie Maria Baxter was a prolific writer who kept meticulous diaries of her life in Australia. Her few surviving drawings are now held at the ...
Beamont, John, b. 1789
A committed public servant, John Beaumont held various positions in Hobart Town with the colonial administration. Only one known surviving sketch exists, which is now ...