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Archer, Alexander, b. 1828
Member of a large enterprising colonial family which included a number of fellow artists, Archer worked for a number of years for the Bank of ...
Austin, Robert, b. 1825
Surveyor, Austin led an exploring party north-east of Perth in 1854 and consequently published a journal of the expedition which included a couple of his ...
Beazeley, Margaret
Margaret Beazeley was well-travelled and she made numerous sketches throughout her journeys, capturing a range of scenes from conventional lanscapes to unconventional, unpictureseque views of ...
Becker, Ludwig, b. 1808
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
Brady, Joseph, b. 1828
Mainly a surveyor and civil engineer, Brady is known for two watercolour sketches that were executed in Melbourne shortly after his arrival in Australia.
Brissenden, Edwin Torrens
Edwin Torrens Brissenden advertised him as a photographer well-versed in all known photographic processes of the day.
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Burkitt, Alexander Horace, b. 1807
Received thanks for his contribution to the illustrations of Woods's 'A History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia' (2 vols, London, 1865). for the ...
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Burkitt, Horace, b. 1836
Burkitt was a prolific watercolourist who made studies of the various Victorian districts in which he was stationed as a telegraph operator. His grandson donated ...
Clark, John James, b. 1838
Watercolour painter, photographer, architect and engineer born in Liverpool, England. Resident of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia he was responsible for the ...
Dove, William Woodman, b. 1832
Colonial sketcher and clergyman, who was 'very active' while stationed at Cassilis and Muswellbrook and 'most useful in church decorations'. Inspired by the Illustrated London ...
Dumaresq, Susan Frances Sophia, b. 1832
A nineteenth-century amateur sketcher and member of the well-known Dumaresq family. She trained with Conrad Martens before marrying the son of the Earl of Hopetoun ...
Fairholme, George Knight Erskine, b. 1822
Described by his contemporaries as 'the most handsome man ever to come through Cunningham's Gap', the watercolourist and polymath George Fairholme had a fairytale life. ...
Fyans, Foster, b. 1790
Although known more for his eccentricities and lively memoirs than his art, Fyans was a sophisticated watercolourist. He is known for a fine picture of ...
Henning, Rachel Biddulph, b. 1826
Sketcher and letter-writer, she is primarily known for her letters which describe rural life in Australia, particularly that on her brother's Queensland property, in the ...
Hodgson, Eliza, b. 1820
Painter and sketcher, was born in England and came to Sydney in 1828. In 1842 she moved to Queensland with her husband where she became ...
Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, b. 1824
Thomas Biddulph Hutton was a painter, teacher and clergyman. Queensland views attributed to him are dated 1858 and are held in Mitchell Library, State Library ...
Huxley, Thomas, b. 1825
Thomas Henry Huxley was a sketcher, amateur photographer, biologist, anthropologist, philosopher and scientific publicist. Appointed assistant surgeon and naturalist to HMS 'Rattlesnake' he was part ...
Isaac, F. N.
Sketcher, is known only for a view of early Brisbane, 'Ferry' in 1850, reproduced as an illustration 'From Water Colour Painting by Mrs. F.N. Isaac. ...
Landsborough, William, b. 1825
Sketcher, explorer and resident of NSW and Qld. Celebrated as the first explorer to cross the continent (Australia) from north to south.
Lloyd, Henry Grant, b. 1830
A prolific watercolourist painter and sketcher, Lloyd is known as 'Australia's peripatetic artist'. He travelled indefatigably throughout his long life, recording many landscapes in Australia, ...