Painter, scene-painter and decorator, was born in Germany and arrived in Melbourne in 1855 where he painted theatre scenes for about four decades. Hennings's contribution ...
Sketcher, explorer, journalist, miner and politician. Hodgkinson had a varied career encompassing sailing, gold prospecting, participation in the Burke and Wills relief expedition and exploration ...
An artist and a teacher, originally from England, via New Zealand. Two watercolours were purchased by Christie's and auctioned at Sotheby's,17 November 2002.
A popular painter and professional photographer who was highly visible in Melbourne society in the late Victorian period thanks in large part to his flamboyant ...
A photographer who won many awards and gained recognition for his photographic and watercolour portraits. He exhibited extensively within Australia as well as overseas and ...
Professional photographer, taught by brother Charles Percy Pickering. A travelling photographer specialised in photographing tombstones in rural NSW, 1870s-1880s. He is said to have photographed ...
Prout was a portrait painter and professional photographer, the son of musical and artistic parents Maria and John Skinner Prout. He spent his professional career ...
John Richardson, painter and engraver, arrived at Port Phillip in the Clifton on 13 February 1850. His father was Moses Richardson, a well-known Newcastle antiquary, ...
An incredibly diverse artist who demonstrated skills in a wide array of materials and styles. After arriving in Victoria from New Zealand, Scott flirted with ...
Described in his obituary as 'leading exponent of the lithographic branch of the printing trade', Troedel, founder of the legacy of what eventually became the ...
Portrait, landscape and transparency painter born in London. He worked in Brisbane, Rockhampton and Gympie in Queensland and 'obtained considerable celebrity as a portrait and ...
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 ...
Sketcher, amateur photographer and solicitor. Son of artist Mary Morton Allport. Allport was the first president of the Tasmanian Photographic, Science and Art Association, elected ...