Watercolour drawings by John William Lewin
Watercolour drawings by John William Lewin from his trip with Governor Macquarie over the Blue Mountains in 1814. In 1814, Lewin accompanied Governor Macquarie on his first trip over the Blue Mountains. Lewin painting the grand, sweeping views, the treacherous new road, the camps in the bush and the extensive, fertile grassy plains they reached on the other side. Lewin's watercolours of this expedition are now held by the State Library of New South Wales, most are in this eMag.
Watercolour drawings by John William Lewin from his trip with Governor Macquarie over the Blue Mountains in 1814.
In 1814, Lewin accompanied Governor Macquarie on his first trip over the Blue Mountains. Lewin painting the grand, sweeping views, the treacherous new road, the camps in the bush and the extensive, fertile grassy plains they reached on the other side. Lewin's watercolours of this expedition are now held by the State Library of New South Wales, most are in this eMag.
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Blue Mountains
Watercolour drawings by John William Lewin
from his trip with Governor Macquarie over the
Blue Mountains in 1814.
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John William Lewin
Born 1770 Also known as J. W. Lewin, I. W. Lewin
Colonial Sydney painter, art teacher and naturalist, was the first free artist to settle in New South Wales and
attempted to make a living as a professional painter.
Lewin was the son of a professional scientific artist, William Lewin, who was the author of an eight-volume work
The Birds of Great Britain (1789–94). William Lewin's two sons, John William and Thomas, worked with him
preparing work. William acknowledges their work in the preface to his book. Around 1797, John Lewin was keen
to visit New South Wales.
In 1814, Lewin accompanied Governor Macquarie on his first trip over the Blue Mountains. Lewin painting the
grand, sweeping views, the treacherous new road, the camps in the bush and the extensive, fertile grassy plains
they reached on the other side. Lewin's watercolours of this expedition are now held by the State Library of New
South Wales, most are in this eMag.
Lewin died in Sydney on 27 August 1819 leaving a widow and a son. His tombstone can be found at Botany Bay
Cemetery.
The photos are in no particular order John William Lewin didn't identify all his paintings.
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