Joseph Drayton

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Natural history painter and engraver whose sketches were in a number of natural history volumes, travelled to Sydney in 1839 under Charles Wilkes in the United States Exploring Expedition. While he was there, Drayton found and drew a large jelly-fish from Lake Illawarra which was (mistakenly) considered a new species at the time.
Name
Joseph Drayton
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Active Period
  • 1839 - 1858
Arrival
  • c.1839 (Sydney, NSW)
Residence
  • November 1839 - February 1840 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1820 Philadelphia, North America
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870