William Swainson b. 8 October 1789

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Natural history artist, illustrator, lithographer, naturalist and commissary. McMillan considers that 'His botanical work is unimportant; his claim to remembrance rests upon his zoological work and upon his fine zoological illustrations'.
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  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
  • Hocken Library, Dunedin, NZ
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ
  • National Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
  • National Museum, Wellington, NZ
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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Other occupations
  • Surveyor
  • Farmer (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Commissary (ANZSIC code: 7600) (Commissary British Army's Commissariat Department.)
  • Naturalist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Surveyor
  • Farmer (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Commissary (ANZSIC code: 7600) (Commissary British Army's Commissariat Department.)
  • Naturalist