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Fyans, Foster, b. 1790
Although known more for his eccentricities and lively memoirs than his art, Fyans was a sophisticated watercolourist. He is known for a fine picture of ...
Ziegler, G.
Ziegler was a portraitist, and possible son of Henry Bryan Ziegler, a miniature painter to the British Royal family in the early nineteenth century.
Barney, George, b. 1792
George Barney was an English military officer who rose through the ranks of the Royal Engineers to become one of the most regarded and pioneering ...
Bayly, George, b. 1808
George Bayly followed in the family tradition of seafaring and sailed to the far corners of the British Empire. He kept meticulous diaries, including pen-and-ink ...
Bennett, George, b. 1804
After two previous trips to Australia as a natural historian, George Bennett finally settled in Sydney in 1836 and worked as a medical practitioner. He ...
Cruikshank, George, b. 1792
19th century English cartoonist who drew several cartoons with colonial Australian themes.
Frankland, George, b. 1800
Described by a contemporary as 'a gentleman of the highest talents but without one atom of common sense', Frankland took part in exploratory missions in ...
Gawler, George, b. 1795
After an active military career in the Napoleonic wars, Gawler was appointed governor of South Australia in 1838. It is thought he sketched a work ...
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Gibbes, Fanny, b. 1822
Fanny Gibbes was a sketcher and the younger sister of well-known sketcher and watercolourist Mary Murray. Gibbes' surviving sketches depict views of Sydney's Point Piper ...
Gilbert, George, b. 1815
George Gilbert founded the first magazine in Victoria, and helped found the Melbourne debating society. He was a multi-talented artist, but was eventually declared bankrupt. ...
Gilks, Edward, b. 1822
Born in London, Gilks led a tumultuous career shifting between self employment and working for the Crown Lands Department. During this time he exhibited his ...
Gold, Charles, b. 1803
As commander of the armed forces in New Zealand in the late 1850's, most of his work is held in that country. The National Library ...
Allport, Gordon, b. 1845
Child artist, son of sketcher Mary Morton Allport whose artistic skills were sadly not fully realised because he drowned aged five. Examples of early drawings ...
Gore, Graham
His grandfather sailed with Cook and his father with Bligh. It was almost inevitable that Gore would also be a seafarer. He is said to ...
Grey, George, b. 1812
Grey led disastrously unsuccessful expeditions in Western Australia but later served as governor of South Australia and New Zealand. His published journal (1841) was illustrated ...
Griffith, E.
E. Griffith was a sketcher. The artist's watercolour 'Border police, Australia Felix [Victoria]. Halt in a stringy bark forest. July, 1841' is in the Alexander ...
Griffiths, Frederick
Frederick (Fred) Griffiths was a sketcher and army lieutenant. A pencil drawing he produced in 1840 is at the Mitchell Library, State Library of New ...
Haller, Emma, b. 1810
Sketcher, lived in Tasmania before moving to Victoria in 1853. She sketched from nature.
Hassall, Catherine Elizabeth, b. 1825
Sketcher, was the eldest daughter of Rev. Thomas Hassall and Ann, née Marsden. Her mother was also a sketcher.
Errington, Eliza Helen, b. 1808
A painter and sketcher who lived in Tasmania where lithographer John Skinner Proust was regarded as a key influence on her work. She also spent ...