Tobias Furneaux b. 21 August 1735

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Made a sketch of the vessel 'Adventure', on which he sailed with Captain James Cook to Van Diemen's Land in 1773.

Citations

  • Furneaux, R. (1960), 'Tobias Furneaux, Circumnavigator’, London.

  • Rienits, R. and Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia’, Sydney, New South Wales.

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

  • Joppien, Rudiger and Smith, Bernard (1985), 'The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages- The Voyage of the 'Resolution’ and 'Adventure’ 1772-1775’, Melbourne, vol. 2.

Initial data sources

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