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Southern, E.
An artist known by various names and occupations through erroneous referencing. An elusive teacher of 'artistic drawing' he disappeared after 1860.
Sparke, A. K.
Professional photographer from Victoria. Sparke advertised 'Cheap photographic portraits!' in the 1858 Geelong Directory.
Spence,
Society singer and sketcher known for her neat representation of the work of another artist. An accomplished lady about town.
Spencer, , b.
As seen through the piqued eyes of Walter Woodbury, who taught Spencer the art of photography, Spencer became moderately successful taking likenesses on the Gold ...
Spencer, Robert John, b. 1830
Robert John Spencer was born in 1830. He was an amateur woodworker and turner. A couch made by Spencer shows the proficiency achieved by an ...
Spurr, Thomas, b. 1801
Dismissed as a clergyman, Spurr advertised as a drawing and painting teacher before going on to become an architectural draughtsman. A position he was consequently ...
Stacey, John Samuel, b. 1830
Young artist and teacher who was regularly praised in the local press but like so many others found the artistic freelance life a difficult one ...
Staff, Eliza, b. 1831
An accomplished young colonial woman, made use of her talents in practical ways during her very short life.
Stamper, John
During the 1850s Stamper left his Paddington residence to go on sketching trips with the colonial watercolourist John Hardwick. In a wash drawing worked on ...
Stanley, Owen, b. 1811
With his 'passion for the sea', Stanley joined the Royal Navy, which lead him to produce numerous watercolours of Port Essington, the Swan River settlement, ...
Starnes, William Henry, b. 1815
A painter and coach-maker, Starnes exhibited with the South Australian Society of Arts. His enthusiasm one year lead him to show works under two names ...
Steffanoni, Lewis, b. 1837
painter, illuminator and businessman, was born in London before moving to Australia. He made many well known illuminations, and won a bronze medal at the ...
Steffanoni, Sarah Ann, b. 1844
Sarah Ann Steffanoni was a gold bullion embroiderer, born in Warwick, England, who moved with her family, along with the Fairfax family to Sydney, Australia ...
Stephen, George, b. 1812
Throughout his artistic life Stephen worked as a miniaturist and sketcher, offset by such occupations as public servant, geologist, barrister, politician and faith healer (it ...
Stevens, George
Painter and photographer(?), exhibited twenty-two still-life paintings at the Royal Academy, London. Despite glowing reviews, Stevens appears to have had very little success in selling ...
Stewart, Robert, b. 1838
Professional photographer, who owned a studio in Sydney's CBD in the late nineteenth century, selling his photographs and photographic equipment, before moving to Melbourne in ...
Stieglitz, Emma von, b. 1807
Painted mainly domestic scenes, von Stieglitz also painted portraits of Tasmanian Aboriginal men and women. The latter were regarded as inferior because they were colonial ...
Stobart, Henry
Henry Stobart, sketcher, tutor and Church of England clergyman, accompanied Lord Henry (Douglas Scott) and Lord Schomberg (Kerr) to Australia in 1852-1856 as their tutor ...
Stocqueler, Edwin Roper Loftus, b. 1829
Prolific goldfields painter particularly known for his dioramas depicting life on the goldfields, which were widely exhibited, to much acclaim.
Stocqueler, Jane
Botanical painter, was described by the Bendigo Advertiser as being 'rather a good painter of flowers'.