Sydney Parkinson b. c.1745

  • Artist (Painter)
Sydney Parkinson was a natural history and topographical painter. Joseph Banks took him on Cook's Endeavour voyage to the Pacific (1768-71) where he was a natural-history draughtsman. Parkinson died of fever and dysentery at sea in 1771. He was only twenty-six.
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Name
Sydney Parkinson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Topographical painter
  • Natural history painter
Birth date
c.1745
Birth place
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death date
26 January 1771
Death place
at sea
Active Period
  • c.1765 - c.1771
Residence
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Queen's Head Court, Windmill Street, London, England, UK
  • Windmill Street, off the Tottenham Court Road, London, England, UK
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Parkinson, Joel (child of)
  • Parkinson, Elizabeth (child of)
  • Parkinson, Elizabeth (sibling of)
  • Parkinson, Stanfield (sibling of)
  • Sandby, Paul (associate of)
  • Fothergill, John (Dr) (associate of)
  • Lee, James (associate of)
  • Cook, James (Captain) (associate of)
  • Gomeldon, Jane (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • Free Society of Artists (associate of)
Related people
  • Banks, Joseph (associate of)
Related collections
  • British Museum, London, UK (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Free Society of Artists' exhibition (exhibited at)