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Casey, Loetitia, b. 1819
Sketcher and pianist of Tasmania. Mother of a large family, she was a resident in New Norfolk, Hobart, Launceston and Gravelly Beach.
Buvelot, Louis, b. 1814
Swiss landscape painter and portrait photographer, settled in Melbourne in 1864, admired by the artists from the Heidelberg area such as Tom Roberts and Arthur ...
Le Breton, Louis, b. 1818
French painter, draughtsman and lithographer who served on board the Astrolabe (1839-1840), making paintings and drawings of Australian subjects.
Blaxland, Louisa Australia, b. 1807
A member of the aristocratic Blaxland family, Louise Australia was the sixth of 11 children, acquiring her middle name as the first 'native' born child ...
Abell, Lucia Elizabeth, b. 1802
Sketcher, landowner and adventurer, Abell lived in London, St Helena and on the banks of the Molonglo River, New South Wales. Apart from her landscape ...
Becker, Ludwig, b. 1808
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
Hand, George M.
Cartographer and sailor, kept a log-book on board the whaling ship Hamilton in 1839-41. It includes two pages 'of the winds, weather, currents' of the ...
Long, M.
Sketcher. Long drew an early South Australian view, 'Cottage Erected by Mr. A. Long - near Adelaide' (1839), and was presumably a relative of the ...
M., C.
Sketcher, probably from New South Wales, whose pen and ink drawings were inspired by W.H. Fernyhough's portraits of indigenous Australians.
Macarthur, Anna, b. 1816
Female sketcher of landscapes and architecture who collected plants and lived in colonial Sydney and Queensland. She was encouraged to draw by her first governess ...
Macarthur, Emily, b. 1806
Female colonial artist of the famous Macarthur family who painted and sketched places where she lived and travelled, eventually establishing the Macarthur family home, Camden ...
Macarthur, James, b. 1813
Male colonial artist of the famous Macarthur family whose only known pictures are of Victorian landscapes, despite living in Tasmania and New South Wales.
MacCormac, Andrew, b. 1826
Male colonial painter of portraits, a few landscape and genre paintings, who mainly worked in South Australia, portraying the upper classes.
Macleay, Frances Leonora, b. 1793
Philanthropic colonial female painter whose detailed watercolours of flower arrangements included European and Australian flora. Her art was influenced by a lifelong association wih scientific ...
Macquarie, Elizabeth Henrietta, b. 1778
Colonial first lady: female designer of gardens and architecture whose paintings and sketches influenced major works in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. She ...
Dubost, , b. 1799
Sydney based Mademoiselle Dubost operated a school for young ladies and offered private art tuition.
Manning, Emily Anne
Colonial female watercolourist and sketcher of Australian and European landscapes. Her husband was chancellor of the newly co-educational University of Sydney.