Nineteenth century art and language teacher, exhibition organiser, theatrical entrepreneur and property developer he played a major part in expanding colonial Australian representation in international ...
Samuel Henry Bindon contributed his legal expertise in several positions in Victoria and was also heavily involved in a number of artistic organisations. An amateur ...
Samuel Charles Brees moved between England the the antipodes at regular intervals and was an architect, engineer, author and entrepreneur of renown in the colonies. ...
A prolific painter and wood-engraver published in nearly all the Melbourne illustrated papers and periodicals. Taught painting, designing, etching and engraving by his father.
Influenced by his teacher John Skinner Prout and by Conrad Martens, Elyard favoured picturesque buildings, street scenes and landscapes. He was a colourful figure who ...
Johann Gotthilf Samuel Hoffman was a potter from Rowland Flat, South Australia. Examples of Hoffman's work c. 1847-1885 are held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Sketcher and surgeon, Knagg set up a medical surgery in Newcastle. Two engravings of shipwrecks after his drawings were reproduced in the Illustrated Sydney News ...
Samuel Nixon was a professional portrait photographer who started out with the Nixon Brothers firm, located in Kapunda. His carte-de-visite studio portrait of an Aboriginal ...
A mezzotint and wood engraver, Sadd migrated to Australia in 1853 by way of North America. Most of his Victorian work, based on photographs, consists ...