Alfred Pickmore Bussell was born in 1816. He was an amateur architect, farmer and pastoralist. Bussell married Ellen Heppingstone in 1850 and became a competent ...
Benjamin Pierce Batchelder arrived in Australia with two of his brothers, both fellow photographers, in 1856. He established a successful business in Bendigo where he ...
Nuyts was a portrait painter whose works were highly praised. He completed portraits of Bishop W.G. Broughton, Robert Campbell, Thomas Sutcliffe and Conrad Martens.
Pietro Pedroncinni (also known as Petroncini) was a painter, art teacher and modeller. He claimed to be from the Academy of Milan. In 1872 Pedroncinni ...
Eliza Anne Pitcairn was an art student. Her father was Robert Pitcairn, a Hobart Town solicitor. In 1852 Pitcairn was taught to draw Tasmanian flowers ...
Sketcher, bank manager and Church of England clergyman, whose artistic aspirations were utterly destroyed by Hon. Charles Davies' sardonic remarks in the press in 1859.
Sketcher and naturalist, was appointed conchologist to the United States Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes. Couthouy visited Australia as part of the expedition in 1839.
Colonial-era Melbourne painter, sketcher, cartoonist, draughtsman and stationer. The twice-married Pittman was employed in a variety of government-related positions including stationery supplier and as a ...