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Haydon, George Henry, b. 1822
Illustrator, cartoonist and writer, spent five years in Victoria, 1840-45. He left a pictorial record, sometimes comic, of the early settlement and Aboriginal life in ...
Helm, Maurice, b. 1809
Lithographer and engraver, was a native of Germany who arrived in Melbourne in April 1849 and set up a short-lived engraving and lithography business. His ...
Henderson, Euphemia Ethel Elizabeth Spencer Middleton, b. 1822
Painter, from 1842 to the 1860s she lived on Phillip Island, Victoria where she painted botanical watercolours. At the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition Henderson's oil ...
Hentschel, Theodore Paul, b. 1821
Engraver, lithographer and grocer, Hentschel arrived in Melbourne in 1849 where he ran engraving and lithography businesses until 1854. No examples of his work seem ...
Hobson, Margaret
Natural history artist, her only recorded work is a sketch of the fossil teeth found on Mount Macedon, Victoria, in 1845. Her drawing was lithographed ...
Holmes, Henry
Portraitist, scene-painter and art teacher, Holmes worked predominantly in Melbourne throughout the mid to late nineteenth century.
Horne, Richard Henry, b. 1802
Sketcher and author, born in England, he wrote for Charles Dickens's "Household Words" before arriving in Melbourne in 1852. In Australia he wrote and exhibited ...
Houten, Henry Leonardus Van Den, b. 1801
Henricus (Henry) Leonardus van den Houten was a painter and art teacher. In 1853 he migrated with his family to Victoria. Van den Houten was ...
Hulme, Edward, b. 1818
Edward Hulme was a painter, lithographer, art teacher, gold-miner and farmer who came to Melbourne with his family in 1856. On arriving he was soon ...
Irvine, John, b. 1805
As a painter and portraitist, John Irvine made a name for himself in Scotland as well as Adelaide and Dunedin. Actively involved in art societies, ...
Jackson, John Alexander, b. 1809
Sketcher and public servant, was born in Scotland and came to Sydney, Australia in 1825 to be employed as a Government draughtsman. He moved between ...
Jefferson, Joseph, b. 1829
Joseph Jefferson was a landscape and scene-painter and an actor. He was born in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jefferson made his stage debut when he ...
Jones, Henry Gilbert, b. 1804
Sketcher, engraver, pharmacist and farmer, he produced a series of etchings in the 1840s which constitute some of the earliest views of Melbourne.
Jones, William Lorando, b. 1819
Nineteenth-century sculptor, professional photographer, architect, inventor and lecturer, he produced figurative statues among other things. His reputation was damaged when he was convicted for blasphemy,and ...
Joubert, Jules François De Sales, b. 1824
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 ...
Kane, Henry Plow, b. 1826
Kane was a schoolmaster and clergyman. He is responsible for the only known illustration of the original St Peter's Church of England at St Leonard's, ...
Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, b. 1818
Kennedy was primarily a surveyor and explorer with an interest in drawing and watercolours. He was killed while exploring Queensland's Cape York in 1848 but ...
Kentish, Nathaniel Lipscomb, b. 1797
The self-styled 'Amateur Poet Laureate' of Victoria, Kentish owned and published the 'Sydney Times' from 1834-1838 which doubtless featured his own poems, drawings and engravings. ...
Kerr, John Hunter, b. 1821
A painter and amateur photographer John Hunter Kerr was particularly interested in recording the local Aboriginal people. His book 'Glimpses of Life in Victoria by ...
Kilburn, Douglas Thomas, b. 1813
Douglas Thomas Kilburn was a professional photographer. His practice was extremely successful, despite advertising that he worked slowly, was expensive, opened only between 11 and ...