Scene-painter, journalist, politician and businessman born in London. Resident of Melbourne, Victoria he painted theatrical scenery to pay for his education.
The adventurous Flintoff travelled in North America before reaching Melbourne, via Mexico and the Society Islands. This voyage formed the subject of his later paintings. ...
Keeping abreast of all the latest photographic inventions from the United States, Glaister's photographs were expensive but advertised as guaranteed never to fade.
Gotch trained at the Antwerp Academy, but left after one semester despite doing extremely well. He had an established reputation in Britain as a painter ...
Engraver, lithographer, professional photographer, cartographer and publisher, arrived in Melbourne in 1842 and began to produce maps and other official documents for the Victorian government. ...
Thomas Hodgson was a drawing teacher. In 1873 he exhibited numerous crayon and pencil drawings by his pupils at the Agricultural Society of NSW's exhibition.
Thomas Henry Huxley was a sketcher, amateur photographer, biologist, anthropologist, philosopher and scientific publicist. Appointed assistant surgeon and naturalist to HMS 'Rattlesnake' he was part ...
Nineteenth century professional photographer and photographic dealer working in Sydney, he was primarily, perhaps exclusively, a dealer in photographic goods.
Douglas Thomas Kilburn was a professional photographer. His practice was extremely successful, despite advertising that he worked slowly, was expensive, opened only between 11 and ...