John Hunter b. 1737

  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial NSW Governor, as well as watercolourist, sketcher, and naval officer. One of his drawings was the basis for the first published illustration of a wombat, his sketch made in 1798 being engraved in London in 1800 by Thomas Bewick for Bewick's 'A General History of Quadrupeds'.
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associate of
John William Lewin
1770
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
William Bligh
1754
Artist (Painter)

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