John Sweatman b. 1825

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
While serving as a ship's clerk on board the HMS Bramble, Sweatman kept a journal illustrated with a number of engravings or original watercolours attributed to Harden S. Melville. Sweatman himself painted and sketched crudely in watercolours and ink.
creator of
Gigantic Canoe, New Guinea
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creator of
Cape Possessions and Mt Victoria, New Guinea, at Daybreak
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