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Hand, George M.
Cartographer and sailor, kept a log-book on board the whaling ship Hamilton in 1839-41. It includes two pages 'of the winds, weather, currents' of the ...
Harvey, William Henry, b. 1811
Botanical artist, lithographer and botanist, he travelled widely and between 1834 and 1863 published illustrations of South African, North American, British and Japanese plants, mostly ...
Hatfield, Thomas S.
Sketcher, visited Sydney in 1838-39 and drew local scenes and sketches of Aborigines. Works signed T.S.H were identified as his in 1927.
Haydon, George Henry, b. 1822
Illustrator, cartoonist and writer, spent five years in Victoria, 1840-45. He left a pictorial record, sometimes comic, of the early settlement and Aboriginal life in ...
Heath, William, b. 1795
English cartoonist who satirised the convict transportation system and the Swan River settlement (Perth).
Hellyer, Henry, b. 1790
Watercolourist, surveyor and architect, arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1826 as architect and surveyor to the newly formed Van Diemen's Land Company. Painted watercolours ...
Henderson, John, b.
Sketcher(?), author and surgeon, was a surgeon from Bengal, India. In 1832 He published "Observations on the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's ...
Henty, James, b. 1800
Sketcher, settler, merchant and banker, Henty's artistic activity was confined to amateur sketching, done mainly during his time in Western Australia.
Hext, Charles Staniforth, b. 1815
Sketcher and military officer, he was stationed in Australia twice and sketched local scenes. In about 1845 Charles Hutchins published lithographs from seven of Hext's ...
Hill, Samuel, b. 1790
Sketcher, naval officer, public servant and settler, Hill was born in England and lived in Van Diemen's Land from 1823 to 1846. He is thought ...
Hindmarsh, Mary, b. 1817
Colonial watercolour and miniature painter who married her former drawing teacher, George Milner Stephen, in 1940. Hindmarsh exhibited two watercolour drawings on cotton at the ...
Hipkiss, Richard, b. 1772
Painter, manufacturer and agriculturist, came to Sydney in March 1832. He rapidly became active in Sydney's public affairs and initiated several associations, some of which ...
Hoddle, Robert, b. 1794
Sketcher and surveyor, was born in London and arrived in Australia in 1823. In 1851 Hoddle was appointed Victoria's first surveyor-general.
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, b. 1817
Sketcher and botanist, he was naturalist and assistant surgeon on tan expedition to the Antarctic, 1839-1843. He visited Van Diemen's Land twice and sketched, landscapes, ...
Horne, Richard Henry, b. 1802
Sketcher and author, born in England, he wrote for Charles Dickens's "Household Words" before arriving in Melbourne in 1852. In Australia he wrote and exhibited ...
Houten, Henry Leonardus Van Den, b. 1801
Henricus (Henry) Leonardus van den Houten was a painter and art teacher. In 1853 he migrated with his family to Victoria. Van den Houten was ...
Hudson, Hannah Maria
Portraitist and teacher, she lived and taught in Tasmaina 1831-c1838. Back in England, she painted oil portraits of the Western Australian settlers John and Elizabeth ...
Hudspeth, Elizabeth, b. 1820
Known as a sketcher, she was born in England but lived in Tasmania sketching the scenery during the 1830-1850s. Upon her return to England she ...
Hughes, John G.
sketcher, whose watercolour appeared at Sotheby's Sydney auction in October 1986.
Hunt,
Mrs Hunt was a drawing teacher.