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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Name
Port Jackson Painter
Also known as:
  • Henry Brewer (possible attribution)
  • Francis Fowkes (possible attribution)
Gender
Unknown
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1788 - c.1795
Arrival
  • 26 January 1788 (First Fleet)
Residence
  • c.1788 - c.1797 Sydney, New South Wales
Cultural Heritage
  • British
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Banks ms 34 in the British Museum (Natural History), London (collected in)
  • Watling Collection (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Banks ms 34 in the British Museum (Natural History), London (collected in)
  • Watling Collection (collected in)