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O'Reilly, Montagu Frederick, b. 1822
Watercolourist and Royal Naval Officer who painted two small watercolours while His Majesty's Ship Pelorus was in Australian waters in 1838-1839.
Offor,
a scene-painter, Offor and Robert Neill's scenery painting for a concert at the Freemason's Hotel, Hobart Town, was executed 'in a bold and pleasing style' ...
Opie, Edward, b. 1809
Painter, scene-painter, theatre director and actor. Born in England he arrived in Australia in 1839 and worked throughout South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. He reputedly ...
Otway, Captain
Painter and Royal Naval officer who may have been the original artist of 'Native about to throw a spear at kangaroos' held at the NLA. ...
P., E. H.
Mlle P. taught French and gave drawing lessons "in every style" to earn her livelihood. She knew what her selling point was too, advertising herself ...
Palmer, , b. 1831
Although untrained, Palmer's hand has created little glimpses into rural Tasmanian life in the nineteenth century we would not otherwise have had.
Parker, Emmeline Emily, b. 1808
Emmeline Emily Parker was a sketcher and poet. She married Henry Watson Parker who was Premier of New South Wales from 1856-57. Her mother opposed ...
Parry, Isabella Louisa, b. 1801
Isabella Louisa Parry was a sketcher and collector. She arrived in Sydney with her husband in 1829. It appears that Parry, in consultation with her ...
Paton, Harriet, b. 1828
Harriet Gordon Paton was a sketcher. An album filled with work dating from 1839 is attributed to her, despite the fact she would have been ...
Paty, Dorothy English, b. 1805
Natural history painter and resident of Newcastle, NSW, Dorothy English Paty was an observer and recorder of plants native to the area. Her works are ...
Peale, Titian, b. 1799
Titian Ramsay Peale was a painter, naturalist, amateur photographer and museum curator. He was born in Philadelphia, North America, in 1799. Peale was appointed to ...
Pechell, Charles, b. 1810
Charles Pechell was a sketcher and naval officer. He was born in 1810. The West Australian Museum holds a watercolour view of Fremantle attributed to ...
Peck, George Henry, b. 1810
George Henry Peck was a painter, carver, art dealer, art entrepreneur and musician. He arrived at Hobart Town in June 1833 and in July had ...
Perry, Samuel Augustus, b. 1792
Samuel Augustus Perry was a watercolourist, surveyor and soldier. Appointed deputy surveyor-general of New South Wales, he arrived in Australia in 1829. Perry, with Captain ...
Peterson, Frederick
Frederick Peterson was house, transparency and ornamental painter, plumber and colourman. In 1833 he advertised in the New South Wales Calendar and Directory as a ...
Phillips, G. Gerran
G. Gerran Phillips was a sketcher and naval officer. In 1839-42 he was a lieutenant aboard HMS Terror when the ship was in South Pacific ...
Phillips, Nicholas Charles
Nicholas Charles Phillips was a naval sketcher and diarist. In 1834 he served on HM Alligator in Australian and New Zealand waters.
Piguenit, Mary Ann, b. 1808
Mary Ann Piguenit (née Igglesden) was a teacher who arrived in Hobart Town in 1832. Piguenit became the mother of the painters Harriet and William ...
Pike, George
George Pike was an art student. In 1837 he was one of the six pupils whom Samuel Elyard attracted to his drawing class at the ...
Plush, John Saddington, b. 1808
South Australian sketcher, farmer and orchardist. The Art Gallery of South Australia holds a watercolour by Plush.