John Cotton b. 1801

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Bird painter, amateur photographer and ornithologist born in England, UK. Resident near Goulburn, NSW his drawings of Australian birds and their settings in pencil, pen and watercolour are outstanding.
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Name
John Cotton
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Ornithologist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
1801
Birth place
Balham Hill, England, UK, Balham Hill, Clapham Common, England, UK
Birth note
Near London, Clapham Common
Death date
December 1849
Active Period
  • c.1824 - c.1848
Arrival
  • 1843
Residence
  • c.1843 - c.December 1849 Doogallook, Goulburn River, NSW
  • c.1801 - c.1843 Richmond, England, UK
  • c.1801 - c.1843 Balham Hill, England, UK, Balham Hill, Clapham Common, England, UK (Near London. )
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Ornithological Sketches by a Resident of Port Phillip, NSW'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Beautiful Birds'.>, <ExternalResource: Cotton, John (1830), 'Journal of a Tour down the Rhine etc. 1830'.>, <ExternalResource: Cotton, John (1824), 'Journal of a Tour to Milan by way of Paris, Lyons etc. 1824'.>, <ExternalResource: McEvey, A. (1974), 'John Cotton's Birds of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales 1843-1849', Melbourne, Vic : (and bibliography).>, <ExternalResource: Mackaness, G. (ed.) (1953), 'The Correspondence of John Cotton', Sydney, NSW : 3 volumes.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Newton, Gael.>, <ExternalResource: Cotton, John (1936), 'The Resident Song Birds of Great Britain containing Delineations of Seventeen Birds', (1835/1836).>, <ExternalResource: Cotton, John (c.1936), 'The Song Birds of Great Britain containing the Delineations of Thirty-three Birds', (1835/1836).>] [<ExternalResource: 'Ornithological Sketches by a Resident of Port Phillip, NSW'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Beautiful Birds'.>, <ExternalResource: Cotton, John (1830), 'Journal of a Tour down the Rhine etc. 1830'.>, <ExternalResource: Cotton, John (1824), 'Journal of a Tour to Milan by way of Paris, Lyons etc. 1824'.>]