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Shaw, W. E.
W. E. Shaw is thought to have been William Edward Shaw, the Scottish maternal grandfather of the Sydney collector and benefactor Sir William Dixson.
Shepperd, John
John Shepperd was an artist in the 1840s.
Simpkinson, Francis, b. 1819
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson was a painter, diarist and naval officer. In 1845 at the Hobart Town Art Exhibition, (the first major fine arts exhibition in ...
Skipper, Frances Amelia, b. 1815
Nineteenth-century painter and sketcher, apparently without formal training, mainly a portraitist.
Skipper, John Michael, b. 1815
Colonial Adelaide painter, sketcher, cartoonist, writer and solicitor.
Smith, Bernhard, b. 1820
19th century painter, sculptor and civil servant, whose pre-Raphaelite type medallion portraits of several associates and family members were exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. ...
Smith, Charles Ferdinand Hamilton
Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith whose obsession with natural history put upon his son the responsibility to expand his existing collection when young Smith ...
Smith, Henry Edwin, b.
Colonial artist and public servant, arrived in Van Diemen's Land from Ireland. He sketched and painted and was involved with the Buckingham Volunteer Corps of ...
Smith, Henry Robinson
Colonial portrait and landscape painter, among the more prominent people he painted were Mr Scott, George Allen MLC and David Jones. Local scenery was also ...
Smith, James, b. 1813
Nephew of James Cook, related to Isaac Smith, the colonial artist painted portraits and the marine. Some of his more accomplished works include two large ...
Smith, Penelope
Colonial artist with reputed connections to later painter James McNeil Whistler. She was an avid sketcher of Glenrock, her home and one of the first ...
Smyth, Robert
Sketcher, is known only for an undated pen-and-ink sketch of a church (ML), possibly St Paul's Church of England, Emu Plains, NSW, built in the ...
Snell, Edward, b. 1820
A successful surveyor and engineer as well as a painter and a sketcher, whose move to Australia was significant to his artistic output, beginning with ...
Solly, Benjamin Travers, b. 1820
A well-connected colonial official for most of his life, Solly was an accomplished sketcher and watercolourist with representation in significant collections.
Southall,
Mr Southall's short-lived career as a scene painter for the Theatre Royal was noted for his ability to produce spectacular effects in a small space.
Spurr, Thomas, b. 1801
Dismissed as a clergyman, Spurr advertised as a drawing and painting teacher before going on to become an architectural draughtsman. A position he was consequently ...
Staff, Eliza, b. 1831
An accomplished young colonial woman, made use of her talents in practical ways during her very short life.
Stanley, Charles, b. 1819
Stanley was posted to Van Diemen's Land by the Royal Engineers in 1846. Though he was to survive in the colony only two years, a ...
Stanley, Owen, b. 1811
With his 'passion for the sea', Stanley joined the Royal Navy, which lead him to produce numerous watercolours of Port Essington, the Swan River settlement, ...
Steffanoni, Sarah Ann, b. 1844
Sarah Ann Steffanoni was a gold bullion embroiderer, born in Warwick, England, who moved with her family, along with the Fairfax family to Sydney, Australia ...