Joseph Backler b. 1813

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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 commissions and leaving a rich legacy of 19th century Australian portraiture.
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creator of
Judge Dowling

Copy after J.T. Dennis

 
creator of
Captain Cook

Copy after Marshall Claxton

 
creator of
Portrait of Sir Hercules Robinson
 
creator of
Acetaeon and Diana (after Titian)

Copy

 
creator of
The Favourite

Copy

 
creator of
Portrait of Governor Blackall
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creator of
Robert Pollock
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Oil on canvas
 
creator of
Alice Pollock
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Oil on canvas
 
creator of
Portrait of the Hon. Gilbert Eliott, MLA
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Oil on Canvas

The portrait was cut down to its present size after 1909.

 
creator of
Portrait of Anne Rodgers
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creator of
Portrait of Rebecca Rodgers
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creator of
Portrait of Annie Rodgers
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creator of
Portrait of William Rodgers
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creator of
Portrait of Margaret Smail and her two children
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creator of
Portrait of Richard Ridge
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creator of
Portrait of Mary Austin
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creator of
Portrait of Edward Austin
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creator of
Portrait of Andrew Hamilton Hume
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creator of
Portrait of Emily Louisa Kite
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creator of
Portrait of Councillor Iredale
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(View of Bathurst)
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(Goulburn township)
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creator of
Portrait of Mrs Howe of Glenlee
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creator of
Portrait of Mary Faithfull and her family
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creator of
Portrait of Mr Howe of Glenlee
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See alsos [<ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2011), 'Signifying success: Joseph Backler's portraits of Robert and Alice Pollock', Queensland History Journal Vol 21 No 7 (Nov 2011), pp 438-446.>, <ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2010), 'Picturing Progress: Rediscovering Joseph Backler's View of Brisbane', The National Library Magazine, June 2010, pp 8-11.>, <ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2010), 'A "National Portrait" for Queensland', Australiana Vol 32 No 4 November 2010, pp 5-8.>, <ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2011), 'People and Places: Joseph Backler in Queensland', Australiana vol 33 no 2 May 2011, pp 18-24.>] [<ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2011), 'Signifying success: Joseph Backler's portraits of Robert and Alice Pollock', Queensland History Journal Vol 21 No 7 (Nov 2011), pp 438-446.>, <ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2010), 'Picturing Progress: Rediscovering Joseph Backler's View of Brisbane', The National Library Magazine, June 2010, pp 8-11.>, <ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2010), 'A "National Portrait" for Queensland', Australiana Vol 32 No 4 November 2010, pp 5-8.>]