Meshach Stevens b. c.1811

Also known as Meshack Stevens
  • Artist (Painter)
Meshach Stevens was a convict, arriving in Australia aboard the Argyle in 1831. His only known art work is an oil painting showing an Arctic whaling scene. The Van Diemen's Land whaling industry was at its height in the late 1840s and the work may have been a commission.
creator of
A View of the Wale Fishing at Greenland and Davis Straits the Mode of Taking and Killing Sperm Wale Seal &c.