Sarah Busby and John Busby portraits, 1835-1836 / drawn by Richard Read

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1835-1836

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

9619498

2 drawings - watercolour on paper

Richard Read (ca. 1796-1862), artist, arrived in Sydney from London as a free settler in 1819. By 1821 he was advertising in the Sydney Gazette as a ‘portrait and historical painter and miniature painter’ operating from premises in Pitt Street. Read often adopted the distinction 'junior', to distinguish himself from another artist, probably his father, Richard Read senior (ca. 1765-1829). From the 1820s onwards Richard Read junior was concentrating on portraiture, presumably due to demand from a burgeoning middle class. Read’s clients were prominent individuals, traders, military officers and setters including Dr William Bland and Governor Richard Bourke.

Source: Library correspondence file.

By direct descent from their father, Thomas William Frederick Merewether Busby Heath. Thomas was the only son of Ella C. Busby, great-granddaughter of John and Sarah Busby.

Item 1: [Portrait of Sarah Busby], August 1835 / drawn by Richard Read

Item 2: [Portrait of John Busby], May 1836 / drawn by Richard Read

Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
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