Sydney Parkinson b. c.1745

  • Artist (Painter)
Sydney Parkinson was a natural history and topographical painter. Joseph Banks took him on Cook's Endeavour voyage to the Pacific (1768-71) where he was a natural-history draughtsman. Parkinson died of fever and dysentery at sea in 1771. He was only twenty-six.
Name
Sydney Parkinson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Topographical painter (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Natural history painter (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
c.1745
Birth place
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death date
26 January 1771
Death place
at sea
Death note
at sea
Active Period
  • c.1765 - c.1771
Residence
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Queen's Head Court, Windmill Street, London, England, UK
  • Windmill Street, off the Tottenham Court Road, London, England, UK
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870