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Macarthur, Emmeline Maria, b. 1828
Colonial female painter and drawer of the famous Macarthur family who documented her life in pictures that are now missing. Fortunately she refers to these ...
Macarthur, James, b. 1813
Male colonial artist of the famous Macarthur family whose only known pictures are of Victorian landscapes, despite living in Tasmania and New South Wales.
Macleay, Frances Leonora, b. 1793
Philanthropic colonial female painter whose detailed watercolours of flower arrangements included European and Australian flora. Her art was influenced by a lifelong association wih scientific ...
Macquarie, Elizabeth Henrietta, b. 1778
Colonial first lady: female designer of gardens and architecture whose paintings and sketches influenced major works in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. She ...
Marsden, Ann, b. 1794
Female colonial painter and embroiderer who taught indigenous children literacy in her Sunday school at Parramatta, while exerting considerable influence on her father, the Reverend, ...
Marsden, Jane, b. 1808
English female colonial sketcher who drew pictures of where she lived in Parramatta, and recorded her voyage to England in her journal. She posed for ...
Marsden, Mary Ellen, b. 1806
Female colonial poet, watercolourist and sketcher who posed for another painter in the act of painting flowers, although no floral still-lifes by her have been ...
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Martens, Conrad, b. 1801
Well-travelled (South America, South Pacific and Australasia) English colonial watercolourist, oil painter, lithographer, sketcher and landscape artist who is one of the better known 19th ...
Mason, Abraham John, b. 1794
19th century colonial wood engraver.
Mason, Walter, b. 1820
English colonial male wood-engraver and painter who studied in the USA and London. He was known to be generous for various causes, even though he ...
McCrae, Georgiana Huntly, b. 1804
A prolific painter. McCrae produced a variety of work throughout her life. She received much acclaim for her miniatures and portraits.
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Meredith, Louisa, b. 1812
Miniaturist, watercolourist, engraver, poet, writer and botanist. She resided in Tasmania for most of her life and exhibited in many Intercolonial Exhibitions.
Mikhailov, Pavel Nikolaivich, b. 1786
Official artist on board the Russian vessel Vostok when it travelled to Antarctica and the Pacific in 1819 21. He drew natural history and ethnographic ...
Mitchell, Thomas, b. 1792
Painter, surveyor and military officer. A resident of Sydney, he made topographical sketches and surveys and painted portraits.
Mundy, Henry, b. 1798
Painter and art teacher. painted landscapes as well as portraits. On 24 March 1848, Mundy was found dead at the Ship Hotel, Hobart Town, having ...
Neill, Robert, b. 1801
A public servant, Neill lived alternatively in Hobart and Western Australia, according to his work commitments. He was also an artist who painted a series ...
Nind, Isaac Scott, b. 1797
A watercolourist whose most well known works are of King George's Sound, Albany, Western Australia. His works are precise geologically and botanically of this region ...
Nixon, Francis Russell, b. 1803
A painter, sketcher, photographer and Anglican Bishop. Being consecrated the first bishop of Tasmania, Nixon used his sketches and paintings as a way to document ...
Noble, Richard
A painter who dealt mainly in portraiture. He painted portraits for many of Sydney's leading residents and exhibited his works in various exhibitions. His last ...
Otway, Captain
Painter and Royal Naval officer who may have been the original artist of 'Native about to throw a spear at kangaroos' held at the NLA. ...