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B., J. I., b. 1822
Jesuit priest who pursued cultural interests along with his commitment to the natural sciences. There is some suggestion that he is the J.I.B who signed ...
Babbage, Benjamin Herschel, b. 1815
Sketcher who trained as an engineer. Babbage was also an amateur photographer, architect, scientist and explorer. His pen-and-ink expedition sketches were shown in Adelaide at ...
Babbage, Charles Whitmore, b. 1842
The ink drawings of sketcher C. W. Babbage take particular account of aspects of Aboriginal life in South Australia in the mid-nineteenth century.
Babbage, E.
E. Babbage was an artist who exhibited in Adelaide in 1859. It is largely thought that he is related to the other artistic Babbages including ...
Backler, Joseph, b. 1813
Joseph Backler made the best of his transportation to Australia by becoming a prolific and highly regarded portrait painter. He travelled the east coast taking ...
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 ...
Bagnall, W.
A professional photographer who worked in Sydney in the late 1850s.
Bailey,
The exact identity of the artist Bailey remains unknown - but there are several contenders including the Anglo-Irish sculptor Edward Hodges Baily and the painter ...
Bailey, Mary, b. 1792
Watercolourist active in colonial Hobart in the 1850s. Mary Bailey's watercolour 'View from Sandy Bay' is held by the National Library of Australia.
Baines, John Thomas, b. 1820
John Thomas Baines spent most of his life in Africa, although he travelled to Australia to join the North Australian Expedition of 1855. Always an ...
Baird, Kennedy Mackintosh, b. 1838
An amateur artist, Kennedy Baird produced both textile and watercolour works.
Baker, Octavius
Professional photographer in Melbourne. He is probably the Baker working in partnership with both Hawkins and Jones at Melbourne in 1859.
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 ...
Baker, James
Professional photographer in Sydney who also took on a role as a travelling photographer around New South Wales.
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 ...
Baldwin, Edwin
Baldwin worked as a professional photographer but was not adverse to collaborating with other photographers or selling others' works.
Balk, Eugen Wilhelm Ernst De, b. 1839
De Balk worked as a professional photographer in Sydney and Geelong. He was one of the earliest recorded artists to experiment with composite photography in ...
Ball, Adam Gustavus, b. 1821
Like so many artists of the period, Ball's job as a civil engineer allowed him to travel throughout South Australia recording scenes of outback life ...
Banks, J.
An art student who won a prize for one of his drawings at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in 1859.
Bardwell, William H.
Bardwell was a professional photographer and regular exhibitor who spent most of his working life in Ballarat, Vic.