John Boyne b. 1750

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 18th century London cartoonist who published cartoons about the imminent departure of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1786.

cartoonist, worked in London where he drew Non commission officers embarking for Botany Bay , pub. H. Humpheys & E. Hedges, London, 1 November 1786 (Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia) and Landing at Botany Bay 16 November 1786, a big coloured etching, same pubs. (RNK, NLA PIC S8639 & ML V*CART 19), reproduced NLA News , November 1997, 7.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007