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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Name
Junior Richard Daniel Read
Also known as Reed
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Art dealer
  • Framer
  • Art restorer
  • Art teacher
Birth date
4 May 1796
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
16 January 1862
Death place
East Melbourne, Vic.
Burial place
Melbourne General Cemetery, Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1820 - c.1861
Arrival
  • 15 November 1819 (Arrived Sydney, NSW on board the 'David Shaw')
Residence
  • 1859 - 16 January 1862 Melbourne, Vic.
  • New Zealand
  • c.1819 - c.1855 Sydney, NSW
  • 1796 - 1819 London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Hitchcock, Maria (relative of)
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  • Rowe, A. F. (associate of)
  • Barry, Redmond (Sir) (associate of)
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  • Australian Social Lodge (associate of)
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Related collections
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Royal Commonwealth Society Library, London, UK (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 1827 : commiaaion for Australian Sydney Lodge. (received)
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  • Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (exhibited at)