Herman Diedrich Spring b. c.1733

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A studious man with a talent for detail, he became through default one of the artists aboard Captain Cook's Endeavour. He died young, at sea. Sadly none of the artists survived this voyage.
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Name
Herman Diedrich Spring
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • surgeon (ANZSIC code: 8512)
  • watchmaker (ANZSIC code: 2419)
  • clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • natural history draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
c.1733
Birth place
Åbo, Sweden , Åbo, Sweden (now Turko, Finland)
Birth note
(now Turko, Finland)
Death date
1771
Death place
at sea, Sunda Straits
Death note
at sea, Sunda Straits
Active Period
  • 1768 - 1771
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Carr, D. (ed.) (1983), 'Sydney Parkinson: Artist of Cook's Endeavour Voyage', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Joppien, R. and Smith, B. (1768), 'The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771', vol. 1, The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages, London, England.>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R. and Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Lysaght, A. (1979), 'Banks's artists and his Endeavour collections', The British Museum Yearbook 3: Captain Cook and the South Pacific, London, England.>]