John Thomas Baines b. 27 November 1820

Also known as Timothy Touchemoff, Thomas Baines
  • Artist (Painter)
John Thomas Baines spent most of his life in Africa, although he travelled to Australia to join the North Australian Expedition of 1855. Always an explorer and adventurer, he travelled with his sketchbook and a keen eye.

Citations

  • (1855), 'Blue Jacket Journal’.

  • Anderson, C. J. (1864), 'Birds of Damara Land’.

  • Baines, John Thomas (1895), 'Victoria Falls, Zambesi River’.

  • Baines, John Thomas (1852), 'Scenery and Events in South Africa’.

  • 'Royal Geographical Society Journal’.

  • Birman, W. (1979), 'Gregory of Rainworth’, Perth, WA.

  • Braddon, R. (1986), 'Thomas Baines and the North Australian Expedition’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue, Perth, WA.

  • Gregory, A. C. & Gregory, F. (1884), 'Journals of Australian Exploration’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic., 2nd edition.

  • Wallis, P. (1941), 'Thomas Baines of King’s Lynn’, London, England, UK.

  • Wallis, P. (ed) (1946), 'The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines’, London, England, 3 volumes.

  • (1975), South Africa: Weekend Argus, 05-24.

  • Booth, E. C. (1873), 'Australia Illustrated’, London, England, UK.

  • (c.1862), 'Desert News’, Matabeleland.

Initial data sources

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