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Hurst, Henry Stevenson, b. 1807
Henry Stevenson Hurst was a sketcher and public servant. Hurst was a chief draughtsman at the Survey Department.
Hutchinson, John Hicks, b. 1792
A much travelled sketcher who originally travelled to Hobart, then converted to Methodism before becoming a missionary to the unfortunate Tongans, before returning to Tasmania. ...
Insley, William, b. 1813
Completed an altarpiece for St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in 1839. His drawings show a keen interest in city architecture.
Irvine, John, b. 1805
As a painter and portraitist, John Irvine made a name for himself in Scotland as well as Adelaide and Dunedin. Actively involved in art societies, ...
Jackson, George
Watercolourist and master mariner, was master of the Socrates, which visited Portland, Victoria in about 1836. There he painted a watercolour, 'View of Portland Bay', ...
Jackson, John Alexander, b. 1809
Sketcher and public servant, was born in Scotland and came to Sydney, Australia in 1825 to be employed as a Government draughtsman. He moved between ...
Jacob,
Colonial-era teacher of drawing to young ladies in Tasmania.
Janssen, Jacob, b. 1779
Landscape, still-life and portrait painter, was born 1779 at Einlage, Prussia. He was trained by Signor Piesio Ancora, a member of the School of Naples, ...
Jefferson, Joseph, b. 1829
Joseph Jefferson was a landscape and scene-painter and an actor. He was born in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jefferson made his stage debut when he ...
Jones, Jacob William, b. 1816
Colonial-era sketcher and lithographer who produced sketches of architecture and panoramic views in Wellington, New Zealand and Sydney, NSW. His works were described as 'highly ...
Jones, John Peyton, b. 1809
Sketcher, army officer and public servant. Jones' only known artwork is a watercolour of Westbury. He is best known for the scheme he devised of ...
Jorgenson, Jorgen, b. 1780
Colonial-era sketcher, painter, naval officer, and author, among other things, he lived in Van Diemen's Land variously as a convict and a free man. He ...
Kelsall, Henry, b. 1802
An amateur sketcher and surgeon Kelsall made five trips to Australia as Surgeon-Superintendent aboard various convict ships including the shipwrecked 'Waterloo' in 1842. The artist ...
Kempe, N. I.
Lithographer and also possibly a painter. Arrived in Hobart, Tasmania in 1836 and is known for two undated lithographs.
Kendrick, J.
Early 19th century English cartoonist who drew a cartoon with an Australian colonial theme.
Kentish, Nathaniel Lipscomb, b. 1797
The self-styled 'Amateur Poet Laureate' of Victoria, Kentish owned and published the 'Sydney Times' from 1834-1838 which doubtless featured his own poems, drawings and engravings. ...
Keough, George E., b.
A scene painter who worked extensively in the theatre in Hobart and Sydney, Keough was said to have been apprenticed in London to Clarkson Stanfield ...
Kerr, John Hunter, b. 1821
A painter and amateur photographer John Hunter Kerr was particularly interested in recording the local Aboriginal people. His book 'Glimpses of Life in Victoria by ...
King, Philip Gidley, b. 1817
Philip Gidley King became friends with Charles Darwin and his illustrations were used in an edition of the Naturalist's Voyage.
King, Phillip Parker, b. 1791
Phillip Parker King,an explorer, surveyor and sketcher, was commander of an expedition to explore the coast of New Holland. His journals, sketches and charts appeared ...