James Taylor b. c.1785

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Military officer, James Taylor, arrived in Sydney in 1817 with the 48th Foot Regiment aboard the Matilda. Taylor produced a number of paintings and prints throughout his tours and his panoramic works of Sydney were particularly popular.
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Citations

  • (1827), 'A List of All the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines’, London, England, UK, 1806, 1807, 1815, 1822.

  • Chapman, P. (ed.) (1985), 'The Diaries and Letters of G.T.W.B. Boyes’, Melbourne, Vic : 1.

  • Colburn, H.; and Bentley, R. (1830), 'The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine’, London, England, UK : Volume 1.

  • Dixon, R. (1988), 'Colonial newsreel’, Adelaide, SA : in Creating Australia, [Thomas, Daniel; & Radford, R. (eds)], Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.

  • McCormick, T. (ed.) (1987), 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825’, Sydney, NSW.

  • 'Historical Records of Australia’, Volume 1, Number 10.

  • Bigge, J.T. (1823), 'Report into the state of the Colony of New South Wales: Appendix’, Sydney, NSW : Bonwick Transcripts, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, (manuscript BT Box 24).

  • Macquarie, L. (1822), '[Journal entry 12 February 1822]’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, (A775).

  • Information sourced from Dixon, R.

  • Information sourced from Elder, D.

  • Oxley, J. (1820), 'Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

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

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