Philip Gidley King b. 31 October 1817

Also known as
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Philip Gidley King became friends with Charles Darwin and his illustrations were used in an edition of the Naturalist's Voyage.

Citations

  • O’Grady, F. (1966), 'Philip Gidley King’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 5, Pike D. , Shaw A. , Clark M. , Nairn B. , Serle G. and Ward R. eds, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Keynes, R.D. (1979), 'The Beagle record : selections from the original pictorial records and written accounts of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle’, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, USA.

  • 'King Family Papers ms C770’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Darwin, Charles (1890), 'Naturalist’s Voyage’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

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