Emel'yan Korneyev b. 1780

Also known as Korneev, Karneyeff, Emel'ian, Jemeljan Michailowitsch Kanjejeff
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A member of a Russian expedition, Korneyev visited Sydney for three weeks in 1820. During the visit he sketched Sydney and its environs and accompanied a botanical excursion to the Blue Mountains where he made sketches of a variety of flora. There were over 300 drawings of the entire journey many of them lost by the Russian Naval Ministry.

Citations

  • Barratt, G. (1979), 'The Russian Navy and Australia to 1825 – The Days before Suspicion’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1987), 'First Views of Australia’, McCormick, T. ed., Sydney, NSW.

  • Cunningham, A., 'Journal’, Archives Office of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

  • Barratt, G. (1981), 'The Russians at Port Jackson 1814-1822’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Nelson, Judy.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870