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Pybus, William, b. 1819
William Pybus a painter, was presumably the Mr Pybus who advertised in February 1854 that he 'would be happy to paint Portraits, if he could ...
Pâris, François-Edmond, b. 1806
François-Edmond Pâris was a painter, draughtsman, scholar and naval officer. He was born in Paris in 1806. Pâris entered the navy in 1820 and within ...
Quail Brothers,
Travelling photographers, the Quail Brothers were probably the first photographers to visit the small country town of Boorowa on the south-west slopes of New South ...
Qwist, Christian Ludwig, b. 1818
Photographer and goldsmith of Danish heritage. A resident of Bendigo and in later years Sydney, mainly noted for his design and craftsmanship of commissioned commemorative ...
R., C.
Early Sydney sketcher
Rae, John, b. 1813
"I am anxious to make some of you amateurs like myself" was Rae's plea to students at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in 1855. ...
Randall, Alfred, b. 1831
Alfred Randall was a watercolourist, illuminator, lithographer, draughtsman, surveyor and civil engineer. He drew the title page to an album of Tasmanian photographs presented to ...
Rankin,
Mrs Rankin was a miniature and botanical painter. She showed her works in the 1857 Fine Art Exhibition held at the Sydney Mechanics School of ...
Ransome, Richard
Richard Ransome was a copper engraver. In the 1850s he engraved views of Sydney scenes and buildings. Soon after 1855 Ransome moved to Melbourne.
Ravier,
"Madame Ravier from Paris" taught drawing, perspective, monochromatic painting and French from her home in St.Kilda, and exhibited twice in the Victorian Society of Fine ...
Raworth, William H., b. 1821
Raworth could never stay still, his migrations were frequent and his residence anywhere rarely exceeded three years. He shifted between New Zealand, Australia and England ...
Read, Charles Rudston, b. 1818
Charles Rudston Read first visited Australia as a young naval officer in 1838. His career enabled him to travel to China, Brazil, the Pacific Islands ...
Read, James A.
James A. Read's "Punch" covers depicted his local imitation of London's Mr Punch dispensing 'Fun' from 'his inexhaustible bottle'. Read was also accredited for the ...
Read, Richard Daniel, b. 1796
Richard Read junior was a miniature, portrait and historical painter. Although by no means the only portrait painter in the colony, Read's career was one ...
Redaway, James
James Redaway was responsible for translating William Blandowski's drawings into a portfolio of 29 prints in etching, engraving and aquatint. These illustrations were intended for ...
Rees, William Gilbert, b. 1827
William Gilbert Rees, a Welsh painter, engineer and pastoralist, travelled to Queensland in 1852. In 1858 he returned to Britain, married and settled in New ...
Renno, John
John Renno worked as a scene-painter and theatre mechanist at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Princess's and the Surrey Theatre, London. In 1852 he migrated ...
Renny, Walter
Walter Renny, painter and decorator, was proprietor of the Royal Blue House, which derived its name from being 'painted in blocks of blue and white ...
Reveley, Henry Willey, b. 1788
English born Henry Willey Reveley, sketcher, architect and civil engineer, was responsible for the design and supervision of public works at Fremantle, Perth and outlying ...
Richardson, George, b. 1822
George Bouchier Richardson, sketcher, engraver, watercolourist and editor, 'regretted the necessity which compelled him to join his parents in Australia in 1854, but hoped that ...