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 (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • author (ANZSIC code: 9002)
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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References [<ExternalResource: Rienits, R. (1963), 'John White', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 2, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, B. and Wheeler, A. (eds) (1988), 'The Art of the First Fleet', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R. with Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: (1789), 'The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay', London, England.>, <ExternalResource: White, John (1790), 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales', London, England.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Bull, Gordon.>]