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Read, Richard Daniel, b. 1796
Richard Read junior was a miniature, portrait and historical painter. Although by no means the only portrait painter in the colony, Read's career was one ...
Rennie, , b.
Miss Rennie arrived in Sydney in 1840. She opened a day school for young ladies and taught music, drawing, ornamental work, and languages. Students also ...
Renno, John
John Renno worked as a scene-painter and theatre mechanist at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Princess's and the Surrey Theatre, London. In 1852 he migrated ...
Reveley, Henry Willey, b. 1788
English born Henry Willey Reveley, sketcher, architect and civil engineer, was responsible for the design and supervision of public works at Fremantle, Perth and outlying ...
Rhubens, George
George Rhubens, portraitist, resided in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, in the 1840s. On 2 July 1847 the Colonial Times announced the publication of a ...
Richardson, George, b. 1822
George Bouchier Richardson, sketcher, engraver, watercolourist and editor, 'regretted the necessity which compelled him to join his parents in Australia in 1854, but hoped that ...
Richardson, Robert
Robert Richardson, sketcher and marine captain, drew a watercolour view of Pinchgut (Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour) in 1848.
Richardson, John, b. 1818
John Richardson, painter, professional photographer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy, London. He painted scenes from British history and literature, as well as copies ...
Rider, Thomas W.
Thomas W. Rider, painter and engraver, worked in Sydney during the late 1840s. He is best known for his illustrations in Heads of the People ...
Rishworth, Richard, b. 1799
Richard Rishworth, listed in the Ballarat Directory in 1857 as artist and decorator, lived at Bakery Hill, Ballarat East, Victoria. He was also Secretary for ...
Roberts, George, b. 1800
George Roberts was a prolific scene-painter. When Sydney's new Prince of Wales Theatre was opened in 1855, the Illustrated Sydney News reported that "the credit ...
Robinson, Thomas E., b. 1817
Thomas E. Robinson was watercolourist, engraver and lithographer who also produced illustrated advertisements and billheads for several Tasmanian merchants.
Rodius, Charles, b. 1802
Charles (Rhodius) Rodius was a portraitist, illustrator, draughtsman, lithographer and singer. He was sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing a reticule containing a handkerchief, ...
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 ...
Rogers,
Mrs Rogers was wood engraver, who lived in Tasmania around the 1840s.
Romansson, Madame
Madame Romansson was teaching drawing at Sydney and was also running a ladies' seminary at Nithdale Cottage on Elizabeth Street.
Ronalds, Alfred, b. 1802
In 1849 Alfred Ronalds became one of Victoria's first lithographic printers. His brother Francis invented the electric telegraph in England.
Rowcroft, Horatio
Horatio Rowcroft advertised drawing and mathematics classes at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, in 1847.
Rowe,
Miss Rowe was a successful miniature painter in the 1840s.
Rowe, George, b. 1796
George Rowe was one of the most prolific topographical printmakers in England.