Although seeking his fortune in the Victorian goldfields, Edward La Trobe Bateman instead drifted into work as an illustrator and landscape designer. One of his ...
A gifted sketcher, colonial administrator and travel writer, he always recorded his travels, and the illustrations in at least two of his four published travel ...
'Tufts' is the only known name for the sketcher who illustrated Frank Kennedy the Australian Settler, written by the similarly pseudonymous 'Yarra-Guinea' and published at ...
Advertised to teach drawing, French and fencing in Hobart Town in January 1847, claiming he was particularly competent in drawing. Departed for England soon after.
An architect, surveyor and selector, his drawings show a sharp eye for domestic detail and include humble buildings and people going about their everyday life.
Architectural draughtsman, main body of work contained in sketchbook 1837-39, containing typical surveyor-draughtsman style views of the coast and landscapes of Victoria.
Although Thomas Balcombe did not enjoy working as a public servant, his position as a field surveyor afforded him the opportunity to travel extensively. His ...
Sketches by Charlotte Underwood were among a collection of drawings and documents relating to the Underwood and Want families (1830 50) auctioned in October 1986.