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Solly, Benjamin Travers, b. 1820
A well-connected colonial official for most of his life, Solly was an accomplished sketcher and watercolourist with representation in significant collections.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Strange, Frederick, b. 1807
Shipped to Tasmania for robbing a grocery shop, Strange established himself as a portrait painter in Launceston where he also painted a number of views ...
Sylke, Ann, b. 1805
Colonial sketcher and governess, who apparently made many beautiful drawings in her time at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. She was threatened with legal proceedings when ...
Synnot, Walter, b. 1773
Colonial army officer, amateur painter of natural history paintings, watercolour scenes and at least one portrait. Known works were produced during his time living in ...
Thwaites, Walter William, b. 1814
A miniature painter and engraver, W.W. Thwaites (1814-1888)and sons established themselves as professional photographers in West and South Australia in the 1860s. However, despite such ...
Walker, George Washington, b. 1800
Quaker missionary, accompanied his friend James Backhouse on a mission that included many parts of Australia. Throughout his travels, he kept a journal that included ...
Weston, William Pritchard, b. 1804
Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly and twice served short terms as premier. His fifteen known drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink and wash originally in ...
Williams, Florence Elizabeth, b. 1833
Although Florence received little formal training she was exhibiting at the Royal Academy, London, by her late teens. Migrating permanently in 1873, Florence's paintings seem ...
Wilson, William, b. 1810
William Wilson, framemaker, carver and gilder, produced decorative gilt frames in Launceston from his arrival in about 1842 until the mid-1850s. John Glover, Joseph Mathias ...
Wood, Eulalie
lithographer and drawing teacher, arrived at Hobart Town on 13 June 1829, and brought what was claimed at the time to be the first lithographic ...
Wood, James, b. 1802
Lithographer and public servant, son of James Boteler Wood, arrived at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, in the Lang on 27 July 1824. After marrying ...