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Allen, Josiah W., b. 1773
Portrait and miniature painter, decorator and drawing teacher, Allen arrived in Sydney as a convict, having been arrested in England for forging bank notes. Upon ...
Allport, Henry Curzon, b. 1788
Watercolour painter. He was a contemporary and pupil of John Glover and brother to Joseph Allport, sister-in-law to Mary Morton Allport. Member of the Old ...
Allport, Mary Morton, b. 1806
Painter of landscapes, flowers, natural history studies and portrait miniatures. Allport's etchings, engravings and lithographs were the first to have been made by a woman ...
Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, b. 1790
Watercolourist and marine draughtsman. Arago was employed on Louis de Freycinet's officially-sponsored French expedition around the world aboard the Uranie in 1817-20.
Armstrong,
Sketcher, drew a pencil and watercolour elevation of Tahlee House, Port Stephens, New South Wales in 1831. Tahlee House was the home of Edward and ...
Armstrong, George Fleming, b. 1803
Irish religious instructor, came to Point Puer, Tasmania in the 1830s to be catechist at the outpost for convict boys at the Port Arthur penal ...
Atkinson, Charles
Lithographer and architect. Following a ship wreck off South America, Atkinson arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1833. While waiting for a government position, Atkinson ...
Atkinson, John
Watercolour painter and drawing master who lived and painted in Van Diemen's Land during the 1830s. In 1833 Atkinson and his wife opened the Stanwell ...
Austin, John Gardner
Not to be confused with the Dublin convict goldsmith and colonial banknote engraver John Austin, J.G. Austin was a lithographer and copperplate printer who, from ...
B.,
Miss B was an art teacher who specialised in drawing. She was advertising her skills in Sydney in July 1835 shortly after arriving from London.
Backhouse, James, b. 1794
Only in Australia for six years, Backhouse kept extensive records of his experiences, which were then posthumously published in London. His observations have proven to ...
Badgery, Mary Ann, b. 1814
Marriage and nine sons meant that Mary Ann Badgery never realised her ambitions to establish herself as an art teacher however she painted and exhibited ...
Baker, William Kellett, b. 1806
A trained engraver, William Kellett Baker sold lithographic - often unauthorised prints of works by well known colonial artists including William Henry Fernyhough. As a ...
Balcombe, Thomas Tyrwhitt, b. 1810
Although Thomas Balcombe did not enjoy working as a public servant, his position as a field surveyor afforded him the opportunity to travel extensively. His ...
Barlow, Edward David
Arriving in Sydney in the 1830s, Edward Barlow established himself as a successful printer and lithographer. Barlow was something of an entrepreneur whose work included ...
Barney, George, b. 1792
George Barney was an English military officer who rose through the ranks of the Royal Engineers to become one of the most regarded and pioneering ...
Batts,
Mr and Mrs Batts are thought to be a married couple who worked together as teachers in Hobart. In 1833 they advertised their services, offering ...
Baxter, Annie Maria, b. 1816
Annie Maria Baxter was a prolific writer who kept meticulous diaries of her life in Australia. Her few surviving drawings are now held at the ...
Bayly, George, b. 1808
George Bayly followed in the family tradition of seafaring and sailed to the far corners of the British Empire. He kept meticulous diaries, including pen-and-ink ...
Beale, Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Beale's sketching was limited to rudimentary drawings of her family that accompanied her diary entries detailing her traditional domestic life with her parents and ...