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R., C.
Early Sydney sketcher
Read, Richard Daniel, b. 1765
Richard Read (senior) was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for possession of forged notes and arrived in Sydney on the Earl Spencer on 9 October ...
Roberts, Charles Harry
Charles Harry Roberts was not only an army officer but also a prolific sketcher.
Roe, John Septimus, b. 1797
John Septimus Roe was sketcher, surveyor and naval officer. Together with Captain J.G. Bremer they established a settlement and took possession of the northern coast ...
Shaw, Elizabeth, b. 1794
Elizabeth (Eliza) Shaw was a botanical painter and writer as well as an excellent pianist and needlewoman. She arrived with her family in Western Australia ...
Slaeger, Philip
Philip Slaeger ('Sligo') was sketcher and engraver. He was convicted for an unspecified crime at Maidstone (Kent) and transported. In 1807 Slaeger arrived at Sydney. ...
Soutter, Thomas
Known only for a single small painting of Sydney Harbour c.1810, of which there is a photograph held in the Mitchell Library at the State ...
Stevens, George
Painter and photographer(?), exhibited twenty-two still-life paintings at the Royal Academy, London. Despite glowing reviews, Stevens appears to have had very little success in selling ...
Stone, Sarah, b. 1760
Sarah Stone worked as a painter and natural history illustrator in England between 1777 and 1820, and although she never visited the Pacific region she ...
Stoutshanks, S.
Early 19th century London cartoonist whose work satirised the Swan River settlement (Perth).
Synnot, Walter, b. 1773
Colonial army officer, amateur painter of natural history paintings, watercolour scenes and at least one portrait. Known works were produced during his time living in ...
T., S.
Illustrator. Monogrammed an illustration, 'Attempted Assassination of the HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at Clontarf, NSW, 1868', which was engraved on wood by Samuel Calvert.
Taunay, Adrien Aimé, b. 1803
Painter, was born in Paris in 1803, son of the well-known painter Nicolas Taunay.
Taylor, James, b. 1785
Military officer, James Taylor, arrived in Sydney in 1817 with the 48th Foot Regiment aboard the Matilda. Taylor produced a number of paintings and prints ...
Taylor, Stephen
Stephen Taylor was chiefly a portrait, game and animal painter who worked in England from 1807 - 1849. Despite never visiting Australia, Taylor painted at ...
Tobin, George, b. 1768
Naval officer and natural history painter who sketched on various voyages, including Captain William Bligh's voyage to Van Diemen's Land. Tobin became the first European ...
Tompson, Charles, b. 1784
English born landholder and farmer whose two recorded sketches of himself and his wife are kept in possession of the family.
Wainewright, Thomas, b. 1794
Painter, journalist and convict from a well connected family. Transported to Hobart Town in 1837. His many portraits provide pictorial documentation of personalities in Hobart ...
Westall, William, b. 1781
William Westall was the appointed landscape artist on Matthew Flinders' 1801 "Investigator" expedition which was the first maritime circumnavigation of Australia.
Wettenhall, Catherine
Natural history painter, compiled an album of natural history watercolours in 1818. Material in it from 'New Holland' includes the Magnificent Cockatoo, the Splendid Parrot ...