Person
Read, Richard (1765? - 1829?)
- Born
- 1765?
London, England - Died
- 1829?
- Occupation
- Artist
Summary
Richard Read was sentenced in London in July 1812 and transported to Australian onboard the Earl. He was given a ticket-of-leave in December 1813 and was eventually fully pardoned in March 1825. In November 1814 Read established Australia's first drawing school. He not only taught drawing, but also painted portraits and decorated many of the colonial mansions including Government House. Read soon became one of the colony's most sort after artists and painted portraits of many of the country's top people including the Governor Macquarie.
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Chronology
- 1812 - 1813
- Life event - Transported to New South Wales for fourteen years imprisonment
- 1813
- Life event - Received a ticket-of-leave in December
- 1814
- Life event - His wife and daughter arrived in Australia as free settlers in January
- 1814 - c. 1829
- Career position - Established a drawing school in Pitt St, Sydney
- April 1819
- Life event - Conditionally pardoned
- March 1825
- Life event - Received an absolute pardon
- c. 1929 -
- Career position - Established a farm
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gray, Jocelyn, 'Read, Richard (1765?-1829?), artist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 366-367. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/read-richard-2577. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537352. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/19146825463407632300. Details
- 'Read, Richard (1765-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-568925. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 January 2020
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