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Port Jackson Painter,

The 'Port Jackson Painter' is the name now used for an unidentified painter (or painters) - the most prolific of the First Fleet artists - ...

Prévost,

The first names of the Prévosts (uncle and nephew), are not known. They pursued similar life courses as naturalists, sailing with the La Pérouse expedition. ...

Raper, George, b. 1769

George Raper was a natural history painter and naval officer. In 1783 he entered the Royal Navy. His artistic legacy is his record of the ...

Ravenet, Juan, b. 1766

After lengthy negotiations by expedition leader Alessandro Malaspina, Juan Ravenet finally joined his friend in 1791 as resident figure painter on his voyage.

Royal Academy Exhibition

by Stone, Sarah.

ALSO: 1785, 1786

Shooting Sea Horses

by Webber, John.

Admiralty House, London, England

Smith, Isaac, b. 1752

Relative of James Cook, he also served the navigator aboard the Endeavour in the voyage to Australia, and according to Cook particularly instrumental in making ...

Smyth, Arthur Bowes, b. 1750

Naval surgeon with the First Fleet. Acute observation of birds and plants during his travels led to a collection of journal entries and sketches, including ...

Morelia spilota

by Port Jackson Painter, .

Stone, Sarah, b. 1760

Sarah Stone worked as a painter and natural history illustrator in England between 1777 and 1820, and although she never visited the Pacific region she ...

David Strachan

by Strachan, David.

National retrospective touring exhibition of David Strachan's paintings and etchings. Curated by Daniel Thomas for the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Because of Strachan's ...

Sydney Cove, Port Jackson. 1788

by Bradley, William.

Painter, Sydney Bird

natural history artist, was a contemporary of the Port Jackson Painter in Sydney in the late eighteenth century.

Taking of Colbee & Benalon [sic]

by Bradley, William.

Alt, Augustus Theodore, b. 1734

A surveyor and sketcher, whose view of Early Sydney in 1796 is in the collection of the National Library of Australia in Canberra.

Vancy, Duché de

Duché de Vancy was the appointed draughtsman on the fateful expedition commanded by Jean-François de La Pérouse. Sailing on 'La Boussoleon', they reached Botany Bay ...