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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'.
Biographical Data
b. 8 October 1789 Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
1 biography
Associates
14 people
Groups
Works
5 works
Exhibitions
Collections
9 collections
Recognitions
References
11 references
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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Updated Oct. 19, 2011
Created Jan. 1, 1992
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