George F. Emmons

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Emmons had a distinguished naval career and served as lieutenant on Wilkes round-the-world exploration expedition. His wash drawing of three Aborigines in Sydney in 1839 was considered an original view of the inhabitants of New South Wales but is in fact a copy of a caricature.

Citations

  • Brosse, J. (1983), 'Great Voyages of Exploration’, Lane Cove, NSW.

  • Stanton, W. (1975), 'The Great United States Expedition of 1838-1842’, Berkeley, USA.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

Initial data sources

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