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Davies, Henry Easom, b. 1831
Considered by contemporary critics to be a 'poet-painter' of colonial subjects. His Turner-esque technique nevertheless came to be considered overly stylised which may explain why, ...
Davis, Annie
Arrived in Australia in 1863 found work as a governess sponsored by the Female Middle Class Emigration Society. Later became Governess to the Allen family ...
Davis, Aquila John
Photographer who worked in Melbourne 1866 to 1880.
Davis, H.
Professional photographer, worked for the Adelaide Photographic Company 1865 to 1878.
Davis, Mary Jane
Professional photographer, worked for the Adelaide Photographic Company from 1867 and became manager in 1880.
Davis, W.
Painter, professional photographer and house painter. Exhibited work in Sydney in 1847 and in London in 1862. May also have been J. Davies.
Dawson, Patrick
Melbourne based colonial surveyor who produced photographic portraits of the Indigenous Australian cricket team before they toured England in 1867. Some were in their cricket ...
De Mole, Fanny Elizabeth, b. 1835
Nineteenth-century painter and botanical illustrator. Her book titled 'Wild Flowers of South Australia' contains twenty fine hand-coloured plates.
Dean, Edward Charles, b. 1832
Edward Charles Dean was born in 1832. He was designer and draughtsman who won an award at the Inter-Colonial Exhibition in Victoria 1866-67 and one ...
Deering, John W., b. 1838
Surveyor and amateur marine painter who arrived in Australia in 1855. Deering regularly exhibited his paintings with the New South Wales Academy of Art and ...
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Degotardi, John, b. 1823
Degotardi, an Austrian ex-pat, arrived in Australia in 1853 and worked in numerous printing houses in Sydney. Later in his career, he became interested in ...
Dellas, A.
Dellas was one of the two Drawing Masters at Melbourne's Church of England Grammar School in 1866, along with Henry Easom Davies. Dellas was reported ...
Dennis, Joseph Tracton, b.
Irish-born colonial artist who began his career in Sydney painting portraits and scenes for the theatre. In later years he painted historical and religious subjects ...
Dethbridge, Romulus
A professional photographer and a gasfitter, Romulus Dethbridge worked in partnership with Andrew Benson in Sandridge, Port Melbourne in the mid-late 1860s.
Deutsch, Herman, b. 1833
A lithographer of German origin, he came to Victoria aboard the Sussex in 1857. He was quite prolific as a printmaker in Ballarat throughout the ...
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Devereux, John, b. 1810
Deveril, Herbert
A professional photographer and photolithographer, Deveril worked in Melbourne until 1873 when he moved to New Zealand permanently. He was quite prolific and worked as ...
Devlin, Anne
Anne Devlin has an unsigned watercolour, now held in the Mitchell Library collection, attributed to her.
Devoy, Thomas, b. 1792
Thomas Devoy is best known for his portraits, some of which were exhibited at the 1849 Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts Exhibition in ...
Dewey,
Mrs Dewey was a Newcastle photographer in the early 1860s. She was forced to retire due to ill-health and her studio was taken over by ...