James Gay Sawkins

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
James Gay Sawkins was a landscape, portrait and genre painter. He was a skilful, precise draughtsman with a special interest in rock formations and other natural phenomena.
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Name
James Gay Sawkins
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1831 - c.1855
Arrival
  • 1852
Residence
  • c.1852 - c.1853 New South Wales
  • c.1852 - c.1853 Queensland
  • 1849 - 1851 Hawaii, USA
  • 1839 - 1849 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • 1837 - 1839 Central America
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Forster, H (September 2000), 'The Adventures of a Whaling Surgeon', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia News, p.7, .>, <ExternalResource: Groce, G.; & Wallace, D. (1957), 'The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860', New Haven, Connecticut, USA.>, <ExternalResource: (1855), Royal Geographical Society Journal 25.>, <ExternalResource: (Hawaii) Information sourced from, Hackler, Rhoda.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Smith, Bernard.>] [<ExternalResource: Forster, H (September 2000), 'The Adventures of a Whaling Surgeon', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia News, p.7, .>]