John White b. c.1756

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Natural history collector, author and naval surgeon, he was chief surgeon on the First Fleet. He avidly collected specimens and drawings, but there is little evidence that he himself drew any of them. He was assigned the convict artist Thomas Watling, who seems to have been the hand behind his studies and topographical illustrations.
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Name
John White
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • naval surgeon
  • author
Birth date
c.1756
Death date
20 February 1832
Death place
Worthing, England
Arrival
  • 1788
Residence
  • 1788 - 1794 Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Residences
  • 1788 - 1794 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1788 - 17 December 1794 Sydney, New South Wales
Other occupations
  • naval surgeon
  • author
  • naval surgeon
  • author
Arrivals
  • 1788
  • 1788
Related people
  • Watling, Thomas (associate of)
  • Stone, Sarah (associate of)
  • Douglass, Andrew (parent of)
  • Turner, Rachel (relative of)
  • Watling, Thomas (associate of)
  • Stone, Sarah (associate of)
  • Douglass, Andrew (parent of)
  • Turner, Rachel (relative of)
Related works
  • Journal of a voyage to New South Wales: with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions (creator of)
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