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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Citations

  • Linford, R.J. (June 1976), 'An Australian set of Bowring-type tracing boards’, Papers of the Research Lodge, New South Wales, June, 4/8, .

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • 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)
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  • 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)