A well-connected colonial official for most of his life, Solly was an accomplished sketcher and watercolourist with representation in significant collections.
Portrait painter, professional photographer, businessman, civic leader and politician. The La Trobe Library has a number of albums of his work and the Mortlock Library ...
Continental photographer, house painter and drawing teacher, who liked to keep up to date with the latest fashions in photography for commercial purposes.
As seen through the piqued eyes of Walter Woodbury, who taught Spencer the art of photography, Spencer became moderately successful taking likenesses on the Gold ...
Dismissed as a clergyman, Spurr advertised as a drawing and painting teacher before going on to become an architectural draughtsman. A position he was consequently ...
During the 1850s Stamper left his Paddington residence to go on sketching trips with the colonial watercolourist John Hardwick. In a wash drawing worked on ...
With his 'passion for the sea', Stanley joined the Royal Navy, which lead him to produce numerous watercolours of Port Essington, the Swan River settlement, ...
A painter and coach-maker, Starnes exhibited with the South Australian Society of Arts. His enthusiasm one year lead him to show works under two names ...
painter, illuminator and businessman, was born in London before moving to Australia. He made many well known illuminations, and won a bronze medal at the ...
Sarah Ann Steffanoni was a gold bullion embroiderer, born in Warwick, England, who moved with her family, along with the Fairfax family to Sydney, Australia ...
Throughout his artistic life Stephen worked as a miniaturist and sketcher, offset by such occupations as public servant, geologist, barrister, politician and faith healer (it ...