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.

Citations

  • Forster, H (September 2000), 'The Adventures of a Whaling Surgeon’, Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia News, p.7, .

  • Groce, G.; & Wallace, D. (1957), 'The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860’, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

  • (1855), Royal Geographical Society Journal 25.

  • (Hawaii) Information sourced from, Hackler, Rhoda.

  • Information sourced from Smith, Bernard.

See also

  • 'IMAGES: Queen Charlotte of Tongatabu c.1854, watercolour, Rex Nan Kivell Collection (NK6298/19) Pictorial Collection (T1501), NLA reproduced in H. Forster, 'The Adventures of a Whaling Surgeon', National Library of Australia News, September 2000, p. 7.'.

Initial data sources

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