William Bradley b. c.1758

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
First Fleet naval officer and draughtsman, noted both for his excellent journal and for executing the first known view of Sydney.
Tags: First Fleet
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Name
William Bradley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Naval officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Cartographer (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Tags:
First Fleet
Birth date
c.1758
Birth place
Portsmouth, England, UK
Death date
13 March 1833
Death place
Le Havre, France
Active Period
  • 1787 - 1792
Arrival
  • 1788 (Sydney, NSW aboard the Sirius (part of the First Fleet))
Residence
  • c.1788 - c.1791 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1758 - c.1786 Portsmouth, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Hine, J. (1966), 'Bradley, William', Australian Dictionary of Biography, (ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G.Serle and R. Ward), vol. 1, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Bradley, W. (1969), 'A Voyage to New South Wales', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: McCormick, T. (ed.) (1987), 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R., and Rienits,T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, B. (1985), 'European Vision and the South Pacific', 2nd edn, Yale, USA.>, <ExternalResource: (1988), 'The Art of the First Fleet', Melbourne, Vic., (ed. B. Smith and A. Wheeler).>]