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Capon, Thomas
Sketcher, is referred to in Rev. Robert Knopwood's Tasmanian diaries.
Clause, Frederick Rushbrook
Painter and naval surgeon on board the 'Snake' and HMS 'Success'.
Craig, William Harrison
Painter and convict. He was rewarded with paint and drawing materials for freeing captured soldiers.
Dalton, Edwin
A prominent society photographer, teacher to Queen Victoria and inventor of the 'Biotype'. His talent for portraiture was such 'you could almost speak to' his ...
East, John B.
A portrait painter and miniaturist, J. B. East's best known work is his oil portrait of Jamaican boatman, Billy Blue. His lively watercolours of Europeans ...
Hayes, Peter
Painter, was transported to New South Wales in 1811. By 1814 he was a self-supporting ticket-of-leave man in Sydney and his occupation was given as ...
Huey, Alexander
Alexander Huey was a miniature painter and soldier. It was probably largely because of his admiration for the artist John William Lewin that Huey determined ...
K., M.
M.K. is known for a single watercolour, 'View of New South Wales', dated 1810 which is held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New ...
L., J.
J.L. initialled the four watercolours of Norfolk Island in Robert Jones's manuscript journal. However elements of the illustrations are not historically correct for the time ...
Lewin, Anna Maria
Botanical artist, arrived at Sydney in 1800, without her husband, and was forced to defend her honour against accusations of improper behaviour on the voyage. ...
Litherland, Sarah
Quiltmaker, was a former convict. She is said to have made the earliest known pierced hexagon quilt in Australia, in 1811.
Parr, Thomas William
Thomas William Parr was a sketcher, explorer, clerk and convict. He embarked for New South Wales in 1787. Parr worked as a mineralogist on John ...
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Pellion, J. Alphonse
Pellion was a topographical painter, naval draughtsman and midshipman aboard l'Uranie under the command of Louis de Freycinet during the voyages of 1817-1820. Pellion made ...
R., C.
Early Sydney sketcher
Roberts, Charles Harry
Charles Harry Roberts was not only an army officer but also a prolific sketcher.
Slaeger, Philip
Philip Slaeger ('Sligo') was sketcher and engraver. He was convicted for an unspecified crime at Maidstone (Kent) and transported. In 1807 Slaeger arrived at Sydney. ...
Soutter, Thomas
Known only for a single small painting of Sydney Harbour c.1810, of which there is a photograph held in the Mitchell Library at the State ...
Stevens, George
Painter and photographer(?), exhibited twenty-two still-life paintings at the Royal Academy, London. Despite glowing reviews, Stevens appears to have had very little success in selling ...
Stoutshanks, S.
Early 19th century London cartoonist whose work satirised the Swan River settlement (Perth).
T., S.
Illustrator. Monogrammed an illustration, 'Attempted Assassination of the HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at Clontarf, NSW, 1868', which was engraved on wood by Samuel Calvert.