Samuel Elyard b. 9 May 1817

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Influenced by his teacher John Skinner Prout and by Conrad Martens, Elyard favoured picturesque buildings, street scenes and landscapes. He was a colourful figure who at various times claimed to be the biblical Elijah and the King of Australia.
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Citations

  • Saclier, M.J. (1976), 'Samuel Elyard’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, eds. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, volume 4, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Holden, R. (1988), 'Photography in Colonial Australia: The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book’, Potts Point, NSW.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1976), 'Australian Art in the 1870s’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Watkins, J. (1982), 'Samuel Elyard, S.H.’, Ervin Gallery catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1872), Sydney Mail, March 09.

  • 'Elyard Family Papers’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Elyard, Samuel (transcr. Neville, R.) (1853), 'Samuel Elyard Diaries 1837-38’, Manuscript, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Elyard, S. (1892), 'Scenery of Shoalhaven’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1873), Sydney Mail, April 19.

  • (1876), Sydney Mail, March 11.

  • 'Elyard Family Papers’, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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

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