John Watts b. 1755

Also known as Lieutenant John Watts, Captain John Watts
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Naval officer, sailed with the First Fleet to New South Wales in the convict transport 'Lady Penrhyn'. Extracts from Watts's journal of the First Fleet voyage appear in 'The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay' as do three plates after his sketches.

Citations

  • Finney, C. (1984), 'To Sail beyond the Sunset’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Gillen, M. (1989), 'The Founders of Australia’, Sydney, New South Wales.

Initial data sources

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