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Hutton, W. L.

W. (or N.) L. Hutton was a drawing teacher. In 1849 he took over the drawing classes at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts from ...

I'Erson, Thomas W., b. 1812

Painter, music and singing teacher and minister, exhibited at the Geelong Mechanics Institute Exhibition in 1869. Upon moving to Queensland that same year, I'Erson's focus ...

James, W.

Painter or sketcher, was listed as the artist of 'View on the Clyde' shown at the 1859 annual exhibition of the South Australian Society of ...

Newland, J. W.

A travelling photographer who worked in both Sydney and Hobart Town. He exhibited his daguerreotype's both nationally and internationally and is renowned for his portraits ...

Nicholls, W. A.

A sketcher who produced forty-eight works which were published in John Sherer's The Gold-Finder of Australia in 1853.

Opie, W.

Sketcher, who may be known as William Opie or W. Opie, showed 'Sleeping Child' in the South Australian Society of Arts First Annual Exhibition in ...

P., W. M.

A competent sketcher who initialled a large drawing of Chalmers Free Presbyterian Church in Hobart in 1859. The pencil on scraperboard drawing is currently held ...

Palmer, W.

The exact extent and depth of Palmer's work is largely unknown though he is credited with painting all the windows in Holy Trinity Church of ...

Patterson, W. H.

W.H. Patterson was a colonial period painter and newspaper illustrator who spent time in Bendigo, Victoria.

Pentland, W. W.

W. W. Pentland was a professional photographer in Melbourne in the 1850s. He was listed as a 'Daguerrean artist' and had a studio on Bourke ...

Rider, Thomas W.

Thomas W. Rider, painter and engraver, worked in Sydney during the late 1840s. He is best known for his illustrations in Heads of the People ...

Robinson, W. A.

W. A. Robinson was a watercolourist in the 1850s.

Russell, C. J. W.

Russell, a sketcher, sign-writer and architect. Abandoned Australia for England, showing at the Royal Academy in 1848. Only being lured back by the gold rush, ...

Scott, S. W.

Painter or sketcher. Scott's works were exhibited with the South Australian Society of Arts in 1859.

Seyers, Thomas W., b. 1802

Thomas W. Seyers was a painter who made a full-length portrait of Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell in 1861.

W., A.

caricaturist, initialled a print published in Melbourne in 1858 of a group of dogs with human heads labelled with the names of Australian scientists: Wilson, ...

W., H. J.

Sketcher, drew a pencil and watercolour sketch of a woman and child (photograph Mitchell Library), thought to be members of the family of the Sydney ...