Lot 1250

The Ruth Simon Collection
privately acquired from the above in 2005

Richard Read junior arrived in Sydney from London in November 1819 and by March 1821 he was advertising in the Sydney Gazette as a 'Miniature, Portrait and Historical Painter' operating from premises at 59 Pitt Street. He also advertised his services as a teacher, and offered for sale 'a most elegant collection of drawings consisting of Natives of New Zealand and New South Wales, Views, Flowers, etc.'. He styled himself 'Read junior', noting that patrons 'be particular to observe that R.R. jun. has no connexion whatever with any other person in the same profession', not wishing to be tainted by association with the other artist Richard Read in Sydney - his convict father.