Colonial male tobacconist and sketcher whose only known work is a marine watercolour. Aldis is better known for his tobacco shop, which was a popular ...
A sketcher, FitzRoy served as a naval officer on the Beagle with Charles Darwin and was later influenced by the work of official expedition artist, ...
Lauvergne was from a family with no previous naval tradition. He first arrived in Australia on board the 'Astrolabe' for its 1826/1829 voyage of the ...
Prout was a painter, lithographer, art teacher and writer. An Australian critic once described his works as 'one of those wild and scattery bits, both ...
A missionary from England, Richard Taylor (1805 1873) documented his travels, excursions and acquaintances with many sketches, illustrations and watercolour drawings. His journal entries detail ...
A trained engraver, William Kellett Baker sold lithographic - often unauthorised prints of works by well known colonial artists including William Henry Fernyhough. As a ...
Earning his living working at Customs House, Frederick Garling only had early mornings and weekends to spend on his painting yet he was regarded as ...
François-Edmond Pâris was a painter, draughtsman, scholar and naval officer. He was born in Paris in 1806. Pâris entered the navy in 1820 and within ...
Architectural draughtsman, main body of work contained in sketchbook 1837-39, containing typical surveyor-draughtsman style views of the coast and landscapes of Victoria.