Francis Fowkes b.

Also known as Port Jackson Painter
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A convict artist transported on the First Fleet, Fowkes is a candidate for identification as the 'Port Jackson Painter' and is best remembered for his map of Sydney Cove.

Citations

  • Gillen, M. (1989), 'The Founders of Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1987), 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825’, Sydney,NSW, [ed. McCormick, T.].

  • Rienits, R. and Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1988), 'The Art of the First Fleet’, Melbourne, Vic., [eds. Smith, B. and Wheeler, A.].

  • 'Mutch Index’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Fowkes, F. (24 July 1789), 'Sketch and Description of the Settlement at Sydney Cove Port Jackson in the County of Cumberland Taken by a Transported Convict on the 16th of April1788 Which Was Not Quite 3 Months after Commodore Phillips’s Landing There’, R. Cribb, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

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