Joseph Dalton Hooker b. 30 June 1817

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and botanist, he was naturalist and assistant surgeon on tan expedition to the Antarctic, 1839-1843. He visited Van Diemen's Land twice and sketched, landscapes, natural history illustrations and wildlife.

Citations

  • Curtis, W. (1972), 'Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 4, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.

  • Smith, B. (1960), 'European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850’, Oxford, UK.

Initial data sources

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