Junior Richard Daniel Read b. 4 May 1796

Also known as Reed
  • Artist (Painter)
Richard Read junior was a miniature, portrait and historical painter. Although by no means the only portrait painter in the colony, Read's career was one of the longest and most consistent - most of his clients were respectable traders or military officers or members of the the petit-bourgeoisie.
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  • Private collections
  • Royal Commonwealth Society Library, London, UK
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic.
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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Related events
  • Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (exhibited at)
  • The Artist and the Patron (None)
  • Melbourne Public Library exhibition (None)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (None)
  • Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (exhibited at)
  • The Artist and the Patron (None)
  • Melbourne Public Library exhibition (None)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition (None)