Alfred Clint was an Australian theatrical scene painter, illustrator and cartoonist. He was born in England into a distinguished family of artists and emigrated to Australia in the 1860s. In 1867 Clin
Portrait of Alfred Clint (about 1920).
'A Night Jar', illustration from Southerly Busters by 'Ironbark' (1878).
'The New Vision of Judgment', The Lantern (Adelaide), 26 September 1874.
'Here Beginneth the First Lesson', published in Sydney Punch, 25 February 1876.
John Hennings
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John Hennings was a German-born theatrical scene painter and theatre manager active in Melbourne, Australia, from the mid-1850s to the early 1890s.
Alfred Clint (Australian painter)
…distinguished family of artists and emigrated to Australia in the 1860s. In 1867 Clint began working as a theatrical scene-painter as an assistant to John Hennings at the Theatre Royal in Melbourne. After several years he was working in Sydney as an established scenic artist. In 1873 he relocated to Adelaide where…
Portrait of John Hennings (about 1869).
An illustration of Hennings' scenic painting for the 1861 Christmas pantomime at the Theatre Royal, commemorating the tragic Burke and Wills expedition (December 1861).
The Theatre Royal in Melbourne, photographed in 1861.
A wood engraving of a scene from Sinbad the Sailor (Theatre Royal) showing Hennings' scenic backdrop (Australasian Sketcher, 1 January 1881).