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.

Citations

  • Bartlett, H. (1940), 'The reports of the Wilkes Expedition and the work of the specialists in science’, Centenary Celebration: The Wilkes Exploring Expedition of the United States Navy 1838-1842, Philadelphia, USA.

  • Benezit, E. (1948), 'Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs’, 8 vols, Paris, France.

  • Viola, H. and Margolis, C. (eds) (1985), 'Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842’, Washington DC.

  • Wilkes, C. (1844), 'Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition’, Philadelphia.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

Initial data sources

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