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Weger, Wilhelm, b. 1839
Sketcher and blacksmith of German origin. Wilhelm drew a naive watercolour of Ernst Weger's Stanley Street business, North Adelaide in 1855.
Allport, Alice, b. 1840
Sketcher, one of a number of children of artist Henry Curzon Allport. Examples of Alice's work can be found in the Mitchell Library, State Library ...
Andrews, William, b. 1840
Oil and watercolour painter of Sydney landscapes in the mid to late 1800s. Andrews was a regular exhibitor with the Art Society of New South ...
Clarke, Joseph Augustine, b. 1840
Illustrator, painter, etcher, art teacher and decorator born in England. Resident of Brisbane Clarke was the first etcher in Queensland.
Cooper, Arthur Bevan, b. 1840
Painter and surveyor born in England. Resident of Adelaide, South Australia.
Cousins, Thomas Selby, b. 1840
Colonial era cartoonist, illustrator, painter and engraver.
Davis, Thomas, b. 1840
A painter and settler, he came to Van Diemen's Land in the late 1800's.
Macarthur, Elizabeth, b. 1840
Well-trained colonial artist of the famous Macarthur Family who drew and painted landscapes and interiors throughout her life in Australia and London. She also improved ...
McIlwaine, Leila, b. 1840
Leila McIlwaine's skills were beyond that of the average amateur but it is not known whether she trained as an artist in England before coming ...
Needham, Frederick, b. 1840
A watercolourist who mainly painted the surroundings of South Australia. He exhibited several landscapes in South Australia and was commissioned in the 1880s to produce ...
Oldham, James, b. 1840
James Oldham was a founding member of the Ballarat Art Gallery. He also founded a School of Design at the Mechanics Institute in Ballarat, Victoria.
Peirce, Augustus Baker, b. 1840
Widely travelled Colonial era American-born sketcher, comic illustrator, caricaturist, painter, scene-painter, professional photographer, sailor, theatrical performer and entrepreneur.
Setright, John Richard, b. 1840
John Richard Setright was scene-painter who helped extinguish a fire at the Victoria Theatre when he was working there.
Younghusband, Eliza, b. 1840
Eliza Younghusband (c.1840-?), album compiler, was active in Adelaide, SA, in the 1850s and 60s. Her album is in the collection of the National Library ...
Hoare, William Webster, b. 1841
Painter and medical dispenser, in 1868 he joined Goyder's expedition to the Northern Territory (then part of South Australia) and painted flora, fauna and landscapes.
Jess, Georg Carl August Herman, b. 1841
Upheavals in his homeland of Denmark prompted Georg Jess to emigrate to Australia in 1864. He settled with his new wife in Victoria where he ...
Paterson, Emily Susan, b. 1841
An accomplished painter and craftworker, Emily Paterson's watercolours of native Australian birds and flowers were exhibited extensively with the NSW Academy of Art. Paterson, the ...
Richardson, Mary, b. 1841
Mary Richardson exhibited two watercolours 'Groups of Flowers' at the 1869 Melbourne Public Library Exhibition. The artist was most probably Mary Ann Richardson or possibly ...
Smedley, John, b. 1841
Late 19th century Sydney born painter and architect whose work was influenced greatly by East Asian modes of painting and drawing. He travelled and lived ...
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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 ...