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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Citations

  • Stearn, W. (June 1969), 'A Royal Society appointment with Venus in 1769: The voyage of Cook and Banks in the Endeavour in 1768-1771 and its botanical results’, Royal Society Notes and Records, vol. 24, no. 1, June 1969, .

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Other occupations
  • Topographical painter (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Natural history painter (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Topographical painter
  • Natural history painter (ANZSIC code: 6910)