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Marsden, Ann, b. 1794

Female colonial painter and embroiderer who taught indigenous children literacy in her Sunday school at Parramatta, while exerting considerable influence on her father, the Reverend, ...

Marsden, Jane, b. 1808

English female colonial sketcher who drew pictures of where she lived in Parramatta, and recorded her voyage to England in her journal. She posed for ...

Marsden, Mary Ellen, b. 1806

Female colonial poet, watercolourist and sketcher who posed for another painter in the act of painting flowers, although no floral still-lifes by her have been ...

Marshall, John

Colonial male naval officer and cartographer whose sketches and maps were probably used to illustrate a publication about the voyage of the First Fleet.

Martens, Conrad, b. 1801

Well-travelled (South America, South Pacific and Australasia) English colonial watercolourist, oil painter, lithographer, sketcher and landscape artist who is one of the better known 19th ...

Martin, Jan

Architect who illustrated an article about Wattie Creek in a Melbourne based publication.

Martin, Jeff, b. 1967

Melbourne-based painter, Jeff Martin's first major series of works was inspired by the lives and rituals of the fisherman of Italy's Favignana, an island located ...

Martindale, Mary Elizabeth

English female colonial sketcher whose sometimes bleak sketches of NSW landscapes echoed her husband's short-lived career as superintendent of roads.

Martyn, James J.

Colonial male sketcher of horses and landscapes who may have been related to a horse and carriage salesman.

Mason, George, b. 1827

English colonial male wood engraver and painter who taught music and set up Brisbane's first theatre. Apart from being bankrupted twice, he advertised as an ...