John Sykes b. 1773

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and naval officer, served as master's mate in the Discovery from 1790 to 1795 in its voyage around the world. In 1791 when Discovery was for some weeks at King George Sound (Albany, WA), Sykes made some sketches including a view of some Aboriginal huts which was redrawn in London by William Alexander and used as an engraving, Deserted Indian Village in King George III Sound, New Holland,
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Citations

  • Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Hawthorne, Vic : Hutchinson Australia.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, 2 volumes (facsimile reprint 1980).

  • O’Byrne, W. (1849), 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary’, London, England, UK.

  • David, A.C.F. (1978), 'A list of drawings from Vancouver’s voyage to the N W Coast of America drawn by John Sykes and Henry Humphrys 1791-1795’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia, (typescript).

  • Information sourced from Chapman, Barbara.

Initial data sources

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

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