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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Name
William Swainson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Farmer (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Commissary (ANZSIC code: 7600) (Commissary British Army's Commissariat Department.)
  • Naturalist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
8 October 1789
Birth place
Liverpool, England, UK
Death date
7 December 1855
Death place
Hutt Valley, New Zealand
Active Period
  • c.1828 - c.1854
Arrival
  • 1850
Residence
  • 1841 - 1850 Wellington, New Zealand
  • 1828 Paris, France (He spent six months making sketches in the Jardin des Plantes before returning to London. )
  • 1817 - 1818 South America (He travelled with an Austrian scientific expedition, but only prepared brief notes of his travels when he returned. )
  • 1808 - 1815 Sicily, Italy
  • 1807 Malta
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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