Richard Read (senior) was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for possession of forged notes and arrived in Sydney on the Earl Spencer on 9 October 1813. He was a miniature, portrait and historical painter. His portraits of public officials display naturalistic features that evince a nineteenth-century sensibility.
Read's drawing of Sydney Cove used as the frontispiece to James Atkinson's 'An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales' (London 1826). (received)
Commission for Mr Kelly to celebrate his certificate of freedom (received)
Dance floor for the Bachelors' Ball (received)
Government House (received)
Commission for Captain John Piper. (received)
Mary (Mrs Richard) Jones (received)
Portrait of Governor Macquarie (received)
Read's drawing of Sydney Cove used as the frontispiece to James Atkinson's 'An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales' (London 1826). (received)
Commission for Mr Kelly to celebrate his certificate of freedom (received)