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by Opie, Edward.

Redecorated the Royal Victoria at Hobart Town in 'Louis Quatorze style'.

Abbott, Joseph Palmer, b. 1842
Abbott was the president of the Art Society of New South Wales (1895/96). It is unknown whether he was also a practising artist.
Aikenhead, William, b. 1842
An avid amateur photographer and professional journalist. Aikenhead held many public offices and was active in local Tasmanian politics until his death.
Avery, Mary Ann, b. 1842
Mary Ann Avery was an amateur sketcher. Her watercolour 'Grafton Preece Street opposite Fisher Park 1860' is in the Clarence River Historical Society (Grafton, NSW).
Babbage, Charles Whitmore, b. 1842
The ink drawings of sketcher C. W. Babbage take particular account of aspects of Aboriginal life in South Australia in the mid-nineteenth century.
Belcher, Edward William, b. 1842
Edward William Belcher worked as a professional photographer in 19th century South Australia, alternatively in partnership with George Freeman and on his own.
Boyd, William Alexander Jenyns, b. 1842
A.J. Boyd was involved in the teaching profession for a good part of his life. In 1882 his book "Old Colonials" was published and which ...
Cairnes, Elliot Moore, b. 1842
Sketcher, illuminator, public servant and mining geologist. Spent sixteen years on the goldfields of Ballarat, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Blackwood, Smythsdale and other places.
Downey, Denis, b. 1842
A photographer based in Carlton, Victoria. He died of arsenic poisoning, just one of the hazardous chemicals used in photography at the time.
Field, Margaret Ann, b. 1842
A painter and embroiderer who dedicated much of her life to the development of a new form of crocheted lace. An amateur astronomer, she wrote ...
Francis, William Augustus, b. 1842
Professional photographer. Born in London, Francis worked in Adelaide, including in a partnership with H. Anson at the Photographic Institution, Rundle Street.
Mathewson, Thomas, b. 1842
Scottish colonial male orphan who set up a photography business after being taught by an Ipswich reverend. By the time he died, his horse driven ...