Scottish colonial pastoralist who made fun of his unsuspecting Presbyterian neighbours with his cut paper silhouettes depicting caricatures cavorting with fantasy creatures.
'IMAGE: Andrew macredie, He presents his Book of beauty to Ye Queen Yerof, n.d., ink and gouache, 19.7 x 15.4 cm, frontispiece to his 'Silhouettes of Western District Pioneers', c.1854-62, vol. 1. La Trobe collection, State Library of Victoria'.
Initial data sources
The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870