The Port Jackson Painter was one or more unknown watercolour artists working in
Sydney
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,
Australia
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, from 1788 through to the 1790s. The paintings are of plants, animals and life in Sydney.
Many believe that they were the naval officers of the time who had both the time and the training to paint the new environment around them.
See also
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Thomas Watling
References
External links
First Fleet artwork collection
Artists from Sydney
18th century in Australia
18th-century Australian artists
Australian watercolourists
18th-century painters
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