Mr JW Lewin : painter & naturalist / Richard Neville.
Alternate Title(s):
Mr. J.W. Lewin
Published / Created:
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Pub., University of New South Wales Press : 2012.
Physical Description:
272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : A singular character -- The heyday for natural history -- The painter of Mile End Old Town -- Natural history illustration : a thriving craft -- A dramatic farewell to England -- Settling into Sydney -- Colonial collectors -- Moving to Parramatta -- Explorations and expeditions -- Australia's first prints -- Preparing Birds of New Holland -- Making a living -- From Parramatta to Sydney -- The mystery of the missing Birds of New Holland -- John William Lewin, gentleman, coroner -- 'Now I am painting in oil' -- Australian artists go to court -- Publishing Birds of New South Wales -- Crossing the Blue Mountains -- Fish catch and Dawes Point -- Working for the government -- 'A very meritorious useful man' -- Epilogue : More for show, than for correctness.
Subject Terms:
Lewin, John William, 1770-1819. | Artists -- Australia -- Biography. | Ornithologists -- Australia -- Biography. | Naturalists -- Australia -- Biography. | Birds in art. | Birds -- Australia -- Pictorial works. | Natural history illustration -- Australia -- History. | Natural history illustrators -- Australia -- Biography.