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Opie, Edward, b. 1809
Painter, scene-painter, theatre director and actor. Born in England he arrived in Australia in 1839 and worked throughout South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. He reputedly ...
Otway, Captain
Painter and Royal Naval officer who may have been the original artist of 'Native about to throw a spear at kangaroos' held at the NLA. ...
Mitchell, J. P.
Sketcher and teacher, offered drawing lessons at the Young Ladies Establishment, New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land in 1835.
P., E. H.
Mlle P. taught French and gave drawing lessons "in every style" to earn her livelihood. She knew what her selling point was too, advertising herself ...
Palmer, , b. 1831
Although untrained, Palmer's hand has created little glimpses into rural Tasmanian life in the nineteenth century we would not otherwise have had.
Parker, Emmeline Emily, b. 1808
Emmeline Emily Parker was a sketcher and poet. She married Henry Watson Parker who was Premier of New South Wales from 1856-57. Her mother opposed ...
Parry, Isabella Louisa, b. 1801
Isabella Louisa Parry was a sketcher and collector. She arrived in Sydney with her husband in 1829. It appears that Parry, in consultation with her ...
Paty, Dorothy English, b. 1805
Natural history painter and resident of Newcastle, NSW, Dorothy English Paty was an observer and recorder of plants native to the area. Her works are ...
Paton, Harriet, b. 1828
Harriet Gordon Paton was a sketcher. An album filled with work dating from 1839 is attributed to her, despite the fact she would have been ...
Cockburn, James Pattison, b. 1779
Topographical painter, author and army officer born in New York, USA. Resident of England and Canada he visited NSW en route between the two. Dursing ...
Mikhailov, Pavel Nikolaivich, b. 1786
Official artist on board the Russian vessel Vostok when it travelled to Antarctica and the Pacific in 1819 21. He drew natural history and ethnographic ...
Pechell, Charles, b. 1810
Charles Pechell was a sketcher and naval officer. He was born in 1810. The West Australian Museum holds a watercolour view of Fremantle attributed to ...
Peck, George Henry, b. 1810
George Henry Peck was a painter, carver, art dealer, art entrepreneur and musician. He arrived at Hobart Town in June 1833 and in July had ...
Massingbird, Peregrine Langton, b.
English traveller from South Lincolnshire, who recorded his journey to Van Diemen's Land with his daughter's family. However, the sketches in his diary may have ...