Isaac Smith b. 1752

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Relative of James Cook, he also served the navigator aboard the Endeavour in the voyage to Australia, and according to Cook particularly instrumental in making Surveys, Plans and Drawings. Reputedly the first of the party to set foot on Australian soil at Botany Bay in 1770.
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Citations

  • Joppien, R. & Smith, B. (1985), 'The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages’, New Haven, Conn., USA : The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, Volume 2.

See also

  • 'James Smith, Portrait of Isaac Smith; Cosgrove {?}, Snuff box National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT'.

Initial data sources

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

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References [<ExternalResource: Joppien, R. & Smith, B. (1985), 'The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages', New Haven, Conn., USA : The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, Volume 2.>]