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Light, William, b. 1786
A former director of the Art Gallery of South Australia, he declared: 'there is little doubt that had Colonel Light decided to devote his genius ...
Macleay, Frances Leonora, b. 1793
Philanthropic colonial female painter whose detailed watercolours of flower arrangements included European and Australian flora. Her art was influenced by a lifelong association wih scientific ...
Marshall, John
Colonial male naval officer and cartographer whose sketches and maps were probably used to illustrate a publication about the voyage of the First Fleet.
Mason, Abraham John, b. 1794
19th century colonial wood engraver.
Mudge, Zachariah, b. 1770
Topographical artist who travelled the Pacific on board HMS Discovery.
Painter, Sydney Bird
natural history artist, was a contemporary of the Port Jackson Painter in Sydney in the late eighteenth century.
Paterson, William, b. 1755
William Paterson was a sketcher, natural historian, collector, soldier and lieutenant-governor. He was interested in zoology and is said to have been the first person ...
Piron,
Piron was a painter and naval draughtsman. He was an official draughtsman on the expedition which visited Australia in 1792-93. Piron died at Batavia in ...
Port Jackson Painter,
The 'Port Jackson Painter' is the name now used for an unidentified painter (or painters) - the most prolific of the First Fleet artists - ...
Price, John Washington
A sketcher and medical practitioner, Price's journal contains drawings of coastal scenery, local flora and fauna, Aborigines and buildings in Sydney.
Raper, George, b. 1769
George Raper was a natural history painter and naval officer. In 1783 he entered the Royal Navy. His artistic legacy is his record of the ...
Ravenet, Juan, b. 1766
After lengthy negotiations by expedition leader Alessandro Malaspina, Juan Ravenet finally joined his friend in 1791 as resident figure painter on his voyage.
Rye, Peter
Peter Rye was a sketcher who also had a distinguished naval career until 1837. While he was at sea fighting the French in 1793, two ...
Smith, Isaac, b. 1752
Relative of James Cook, he also served the navigator aboard the Endeavour in the voyage to Australia, and according to Cook particularly instrumental in making ...
Stone, Sarah, b. 1760
Sarah Stone worked as a painter and natural history illustrator in England between 1777 and 1820, and although she never visited the Pacific region she ...
Sykes, John, b. 1773
Sketcher and naval officer, served as master's mate in the Discovery from 1790 to 1795 in its voyage around the world. In 1791 when Discovery ...
Tetley, Joseph Swabey
Colonial naval officer, attributed three volumes of twelve umber monochrome watercolours depicting illustrations of Australian Aborigines in Botany Bay.
Tobin, George, b. 1768
Naval officer and natural history painter who sketched on various voyages, including Captain William Bligh's voyage to Van Diemen's Land. Tobin became the first European ...
Watling, Thomas, b. 1762
Painter, author and convict from Dumfries, Scotland, Watling was transported to Sydney in 1792. Most of Watling's work are of natural history subjects but there ...
Webber, John, b. 1752
Artist-draughtsman on Cook's third voyage. Webber was among the most travelled artists of his age. He was instrumental in the dissolution of the traditional concept ...