John Edward Davis

  • Artist (Painter)
Topographical painter and naval officer on the British Antarctic expedition 1839 to 1843. His illustrations of the voyage in J. Ross's 'Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions' include a sketch of Rossbank Observatory, Hobart Town.

Citations

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'A note about the painting “Rossbank Observatory”’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 25/1.

  • Ross, J. (1847), 'A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions during the Years 1839 1843, 2 vols’, London, England.

  • Savours, A. and McConnell, A. (1982), 'The History of the Rossbank Observatory Tasmania’, Annals of Science, 39.

Initial data sources

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