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Kesterton,
A photographic showman, Kesterton gave one of the first public magic-lantern shows in Adelaide in 1848.
Kilburn, Douglas Thomas, b. 1813
Douglas Thomas Kilburn was a professional photographer. His practice was extremely successful, despite advertising that he worked slowly, was expensive, opened only between 11 and ...
King, Elizabeth, b. 1833
An amateur sketcher, King kept a journal filled with picturesque pencil and wash views. It is presumed these are her own work though they are ...
King, Jane
Wife of a missionary, Jane King helped establish a school in Fremantle, Western Australia. Her sketches depicted local landscapes and indigenous inhabitants.
King, Philip Gidley, b. 1817
Philip Gidley King became friends with Charles Darwin and his illustrations were used in an edition of the Naturalist's Voyage.
King, Phillip Parker, b. 1791
Phillip Parker King,an explorer, surveyor and sketcher, was commander of an expedition to explore the coast of New Holland. His journals, sketches and charts appeared ...
Kirschner, Frances Murdoch, b. 1824
Sketcher whose only known work is a watercolour of Ash Island, Newcastle, NSW. Married to Wilhelm Kirschner who was consul for Hamburg, Prussia and Austria ...
Knapp, Edward James Howse, b. 1809
A surveyor and sketcher Knapp was known as 'a crack shot, an excellent horseman, and a born bushman'. His work is held in the Mitchell ...
Knight, C.
C. Knight was a painter in Hobart in the early 1840s and is assumed to be also the photographer and photographic showman of the same ...
Knight, Nathan Elias, b. 1815
A sketcher, farmer and customs agent, Nathan Knight arrived at the Swan River Colony in Western Australia in 1841. His only recorded works are two ...
Knight, William Thomas, b. 1809
William Knight arrived as a merchant in Hobart Town and exhibited in the 1846 and 1858 Hobart Town Exhibitions. Examples of his work are held ...
Korff, Frederick James Robert, b. 1825
A sketcher and merchant seaman, Frederick Korff made a number of sketches while on his sea voyages. Photographs of his sketches and those of his ...
Korn, O.
Sketches by O. Korn were lithographed for Fourteen Views of Old Adelaide, published in 1876. May have been the architect F.O. Korn, of Sturt Street, ...
Kuper, Augustus Leopold, b. 1809
Kuper was a naval office who came to Australia to help establish a garrison in Port Essington (Northern Territory). Later as Captain of the Pelorus ...
L., D. G.
Drawing teacher, advertised in Sydney in August 1844 that she wished 'to engage with a gentleman's family, either as resident or visiting governess. She is ...
L., J.
J.L. initialled the four watercolours of Norfolk Island in Robert Jones's manuscript journal. However elements of the illustrations are not historically correct for the time ...
La Trobe, Charles Joseph, b. 1801
A gifted sketcher, colonial administrator and travel writer, he always recorded his travels, and the illustrations in at least two of his four published travel ...
Lacy, George, b. 1817
A self-confessed adventurer, Lacy 'bade adieu to Old England and sailed for the Antipodes'. As a skilled and amused observer of social foibles and appearances ...
Lang, Alexander Denistoun, b. 1814
Lang was a settler originating from Scotland. His artistic exploits included sketching, photography and lithography. He occupied the property Terrinallum, near Mortlake, Victoria, between 1839 ...
Langeake, John
Scene-painter, painted the scenery for South Australia's first theatrical venue, ambitiously christened the Theatre Royal, in the room above the Adelaide Tavern in May 1838. ...