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Colonial Tasmanian cartoonist.
R., G.
A Sketcher known only by the initials G.R. [or E?] drew fifteen ink and watercolour sketches of Aborigines of the Fowler's Bay and Penong regions ...
Rae, Iso, b. 1860
Critics have claimed that expatriate Isobel Rae 'carried her impressionist style too far'. Nevertheless, her paintings possessed a 'rare charm and poetry' combined with 'harmonious ...
Rae, John, b. 1813
"I am anxious to make some of you amateurs like myself" was Rae's plea to students at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in 1855. ...
Ralston, William, b. 1848
Colonial-era visiting Scottish photographer, cartoonist, illustrator, postcard, genre and military artist.
Randall, Alfred, b. 1831
Alfred Randall was a watercolourist, illuminator, lithographer, draughtsman, surveyor and civil engineer. He drew the title page to an album of Tasmanian photographs presented to ...
Rasché, William
William Rasché was a painter, modeller, architect and civil engineer. He exhibited at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition. By 1869 Rasché had an established practice ...
Raworth, William H., b. 1821
Raworth could never stay still, his migrations were frequent and his residence anywhere rarely exceeded three years. He shifted between New Zealand, Australia and England ...
Reay, William, b. 1830
William Reay, painter, art teacher, poet and coal-miner, migrated to Australia in response to the colonial success of his painting, 'Adam and Eve Expelled from ...
Rees, William Gilbert, b. 1827
William Gilbert Rees, a Welsh painter, engineer and pastoralist, travelled to Queensland in 1852. In 1858 he returned to Britain, married and settled in New ...
Reid, Peter Laurie
Peter Laurie Reid, professional portrait and travel photographer first set up his photographic business of P.L. Reid & Co., in 1864, Hobart. His partner, Matthew ...
Renno, John
John Renno worked as a scene-painter and theatre mechanist at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Princess's and the Surrey Theatre, London. In 1852 he migrated ...
Renny, Walter
Walter Renny, painter and decorator, was proprietor of the Royal Blue House, which derived its name from being 'painted in blocks of blue and white ...
Reveley, Henry Willey, b. 1788
English born Henry Willey Reveley, sketcher, architect and civil engineer, was responsible for the design and supervision of public works at Fremantle, Perth and outlying ...
Rhodes, John Grainger, b. 1842
Arrived in Victoria in 1873 where he practiced as a photographer but returned to England in 1893.
Rice, Charles
Mrs Charles Rice, painter and actor, advertised in the Queensland Mackay Mercury of 11 June 1870 that she was 'prepared to execute all kinds of ...
Rice, Thomas
Thomas Rice, professional photographer and colourist, was officially commended by the jury for his 'coloured photographs and miniatures' in the 1870 Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition.
Richards, Richard Henry, b. 1856
Richard Henry Richards, sketcher, calligrapher and draughtsman, died at the age of 20. His masterpiece was considered to be a portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm of ...
Richardson, Charles Douglas
Charles Douglas Richardson, illustrator and sculptor, drew 'Aborigines Attacking Bushman' a full-size plate from an unidentified publication, possibly the Australasian Sketcher.
Richardson, George, b. 1822
George Bouchier Richardson, sketcher, engraver, watercolourist and editor, 'regretted the necessity which compelled him to join his parents in Australia in 1854, but hoped that ...