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Dana, James Dwight, b. 1813
An eminent US scholar, considered to be "a towering figure in the history of geology". Dana's contribution to Australian geology was his description and mapping ...
Daplyn, Alfred James, b. 1844
Daplyn was an English born painter, art teacher, journalist, and arts administrator. Although his work is little known today, he was an important early advocate ...
Davies, Henry Easom, b. 1831
Considered by contemporary critics to be a 'poet-painter' of colonial subjects. His Turner-esque technique nevertheless came to be considered overly stylised which may explain why, ...
Davis, W.
Painter, professional photographer and house painter. Exhibited work in Sydney in 1847 and in London in 1862. May also have been J. Davies.
Davis, Thomas, b. 1829
Thomas Davis was born in 1829. He was a cabinetmaker who worked at Perth and Fremantle.
Davitt, Ellen, b. 1812
Painter, teacher and novelist who ruffled a few feathers with her overbearing personality. She taught drawing at various schools but her own art was not ...
Deering, Henry
Henry Deering was a scenic artist and theatrical producer. In 1851 he was credited with painting the moving diorama introduced into the pantomime he produced ...
Deering, John W., b. 1838
Surveyor and amateur marine painter who arrived in Australia in 1855. Deering regularly exhibited his paintings with the New South Wales Academy of Art and ...
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Degotardi, John, b. 1823
Degotardi, an Austrian ex-pat, arrived in Australia in 1853 and worked in numerous printing houses in Sydney. Later in his career, he became interested in ...
Delohery, Cornelius
Colonial artist, arrived in Australia as a public servant but was dismissed for insubordination, which he sought to clear himself of by letters of petition, ...
Denison, Mary Charlotte
Sketcher, daughter of Sir William Thomas Denison, governor of Tasmania in 1846-54, governor of New South Wales and governor-general of the Australian colonies in 1855-61, ...
Dennis, Joseph Tracton, b.
Irish-born colonial artist who began his career in Sydney painting portraits and scenes for the theatre. In later years he painted historical and religious subjects ...
Deutsch, Herman, b. 1833
A lithographer of German origin, he came to Victoria aboard the Sussex in 1857. He was quite prolific as a printmaker in Ballarat throughout the ...
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Devereux, John, b. 1810
Devoy, Thomas, b. 1792
Thomas Devoy is best known for his portraits, some of which were exhibited at the 1849 Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts Exhibition in ...
Dexter, William B., b. 1817
William Dexter was a painter. He arrived at Sydney in 1852. Dexter and his wife Caroline opened a 'Gallery of Arts and School of Design' ...
Dickenson, Walter
A professional photographer, briefly a resident of Hobart in the mid 1850s. He made portraits of a number of local identities.
Dickes, W.
W. Dickes was a sketcher. He produced a view of Moreton Bay, Brisbane, c.1852.
Dickson, James Archibald Campbell, b. 1836
Scottish born painter, policeman, husband and father. He is known only for one work, 'Cameron's Farm, Myponga' (1866), a competent representation of contemporary rural life.
Dinham, George, b. 1807
George Dinham emigrated to Tasmania around 1846, he was an amateur painter who exhibited in several major exhibitions.