John William Lewin b. 1770

Also known as J. W. Lewin, I. W. Lewin
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial Sydney painter, art teacher and naturalist, was the first free artist to settle in New South Wales and attempted to make a living as a professional painter.
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Citations

  • 'Historical Records of New South Wales’.

  • 'Historical Records of Australia’.

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

See also

  • '[Scene in Australian Bush], sepia-wash drawing, Rex Nan Kivell Collection (NK6066), Pictorial Collection (T2223), reproduced in Beatrice Spence, "The 'Official' Image: Print Culture in Early Colonial Australia", NLA News, May 2000, front and back covers.'.

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Related collections
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Dean Management Services Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Linnean Society, NSW (collected in)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens (collected in)
  • National Herbarium Library (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Dean Management Services Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Linnean Society, NSW (collected in)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens (collected in)
  • National Herbarium Library (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)