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Claxton, Marshall, b. 1813
Painter, modeller and amateur photographer born in England. Resident of NSW and Victoria he was a prolific painter and 'national benefit'. He is represented in ...
Clayton, Robert, b.
Wood engraver born in Ireland. Came to NSW as a free settler but was not permitted to leave the colony.
Clayton, Samuel, b. 1783
Portraitist, engraver, art teacher and silversmith born in Ireland. Transported to NSW, reputedly for forgery, he prospered in the colony.
Clifton, William Carmult, b. 1820
Landscape painter and shipping agent. Resident of Western Australia.
Clint, Raphael, b. 1797
Lithographer, engraver, printer and surveyor born in England. Resident of Western Australia, Tasmania and NSW he designed and engraved the first signed armorial bookplates produced ...
Close, Edward Charles, b. 1790
Sketcher, army engineer, landowner and magistrate at Morpeth on the Hunter River, NSW.
Cockburn, James Pattison, b. 1779
Topographical painter, author and army officer born in New York, USA. Resident of England and Canada he visited NSW en route between the two. Dursing ...
Costantini, Charles Henry Theodore, b. 1803
Portrait and landscape painter, lithographer and surgeon. Born in Paris, he was twice sentenced to transportation to Australia. He resided in New South Wales and ...
Cotton, John, b. 1801
Bird painter, amateur photographer and ornithologist born in England, UK. Resident near Goulburn, NSW his drawings of Australian birds and their settings in pencil, pen ...
Couthouy, Joseph Pitt
Sketcher and naturalist, was appointed conchologist to the United States Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes. Couthouy visited Australia as part of the expedition in 1839.
Covington, Syms, b. 1814
Sketcher, naturalist and postmaster. He became Charles Darwin's servant on HMS 'Beagle' in 1831. Resident of Pambula, NSW.
Crossland, John Michael, b. 1800
Portrait painter, born in England. A resident of Adelaide, he was the most accomplished portrait painter in South Australia of the period.
Crowther, Elizabeth, b. 1819
Sketcher and resident of Tasmania.
Cruikshank, George, b. 1792
19th century English cartoonist who drew several cartoons with colonial Australian themes.
Currie, Jane Eliza, b. 1794
Miniature and watercolour painter, born in England, UK. Resident of Western Australia she painted some of earliest known views taken in the area.
Daddridge,
Colonial scene-painter for the Theatre Royal, Sydney.
Dalrymple, Molyneux
Etchings after Dalrymple's sketches were published in the 1830 Hobart Town Almanack.
Dalton, Edwin
A prominent society photographer, teacher to Queen Victoria and inventor of the 'Biotype'. His talent for portraiture was such 'you could almost speak to' his ...
Dana, James Dwight, b. 1813
An eminent US scholar, considered to be "a towering figure in the history of geology". Dana's contribution to Australian geology was his description and mapping ...
Daplyn, Alfred James, b. 1844
Daplyn was an English born painter, art teacher, journalist, and arts administrator. Although his work is little known today, he was an important early advocate ...