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Strafford, George, b. 1820
Talented and highly technically proficient engraver who suffered mental illness and declined into obscurity.
Strange, Frederick, b. 1807
Shipped to Tasmania for robbing a grocery shop, Strange established himself as a portrait painter in Launceston where he also painted a number of views ...
Stranger, Thomas
Amateur photographer, took a photograph of the mayor of Melbourne's residence, Yeo House, Barkly Street, East Brunswick, in 1867.
Strawbridge, Eliza, b. 1818
Female colonial artist who conducted a school in her home and taught Edith Cook (later the prominent educationalist Edith Hubbe). Some of Eliza's finely detailed ...
Streeter, Kate, b. 1842
Painter and teacher, was born in Cork, Ireland and came to Victoria with her parents. The myth of Sheppard as a prodigy persisted throughout her ...
Strother, Charles Henry, b. 1837
Despite his death at a young age, and with no known examples of works available, Strother has been described as 'an artist of no mean ...
Strutt, William, b. 1825
Strutt was a productive and versatile painter and a founding member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. His most famous painting is undoubtedly 'Black ...
Stuart, Clarendon, b. 1833
Stuart's artistic endeavours seem to have been borne out of his position as a surveyor. Some of his plans were decorated with the places he ...
Stuart, W. J.
Amateur photographer, was taking photographs at Hobart Town in the late 1860s.
Stuart, William, b. 1826
A painter of still-life and marine subjects who arrived in Melbourne during the gold rush. Before arriving in Australia, Stuart exhibited at various London institutions. ...
Stubbs, William J.
Professional photographer, who worked for numerous photographic firms, purchasing his own, the Batchelder firm in 1868, and continuing there until 1889, when he retired.
Stutterd, Joseph Gardner
Portrait and landscape painter, came to Tasmania from London and advertised in the Launceston Examiner on 25 September 1855 that he was prepared to undertake ...
Sutcliffe, Richard
Colonial period Melbourne cartoonist, Sutcliffe signed a cartoon 'Union is strength' addressing the issue of Federation which appeared in Melbourne Punch in June 1860.
Sutherland, George, b. 1829
Despite ill-health and colour-blindness, George Sutherland was the father of eight children and a prolific artmaker. He concentrated more on sketching due to his impairment, ...
Swan, George Henry, b. 1833
Professional photographer, chemist and actor. Arrived in Australia as a gold-digger before settling in New Zealand where he opened the Wellington Ambrotype Portrait Gallery and ...
Swan, H.
Photographer, gave a demonstration of stereoscopic photography at Launceston, Tasmania.
Sweet, Samuel White, b. 1825
Colonial photographer and master mariner, awarded a silver medal for his photographs at the Calcutta International Exhibition in 1885. His photographic career included some unusual ...
Synnot, Marianne, b. 1828
Colonial sketcher, wife of an Anglican clergyman. Sketched in her journal in which she also mentions watercolour works for family members and friends.
T., S.
Illustrator. Monogrammed an illustration, 'Attempted Assassination of the HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at Clontarf, NSW, 1868', which was engraved on wood by Samuel Calvert.
Taggett,
Professional photographer, Taggett was in partnership with Peyman at Portland, Victoria, in 1859-60.