Joseph Banks b. 1748

Also known as Sir Sir Banks
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Drawings completed on Lieutenant James Cook's voyage to the antipodes from 1768 to 1771 were originally attributed to Joseph Banks but recent scholarship now asserts that his Tahitian guide may have been the artist.

Citations

  • Carter, H.B. (1988), 'Sir Joseph Banks’, London, England.

  • Joppien, R. and Smith, B. (1985), 'The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages, vol. 1: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • British Library Drawings, Add. manuscript 15508, ff.14, 15.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions