Port Jackson Painter

Also known as Henry Brewer, Francis Fowkes
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
The 'Port Jackson Painter' is the name now used for an unidentified painter (or painters) - the most prolific of the First Fleet artists - who worked in Sydney from 1788 to the mid 1790s. One of the painter's works is believed to illustrate an incident of about 1789/90 not otherwise recorded.
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associate of
Thomas Watling
1762
Artist (Painter)
associate of
William Bradley
Other occupation
associate of
Bernard Smith
Curator
associate of
Richard Browne
Artist (Painter)
associate of
The Sydney Bird Painter
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ruth Waller
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)

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References [<ExternalResource: Smith, Bernard (1960), 'European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850', Melbourne : Oxford University Press (2nd, revised, edition, Yale, 1985).>, <ExternalResource: McCormick, Tim (ed.) (1987), 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825 : a history of early Sydney', Chippendale, NSW : David Ell Press in association with Longueville Publications.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, Bernard, Information from.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, Bernard; & Wheeler, Alwyne (eds.) (1988), 'The Art of the First Fleet', Melbourne, Vic : Melbourne : Oxford University Press.>]