Natural Curiosity: Unseen Art of the First Fleet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781742234090)

A sense of awe swept through natural history circles in 18th-century London when the first ships returned from Sydney with their cargo of exotic animals, birds, and plants--and striking watercolor illustrations. The sudden emergence, in 2011, of a large number of these watercolor illustrations has revealed much about the early years of the colony. In Natural Curiosity, Louise Anemaat uncovers never-before-published works from the artists of the First Fleet, including convicts-turned-watercolorists Thomas Watling and John Doody, and the anonymous "Port Jackson Painter." She unravels the complex network of natural history collectors who spanned the globe eagerly acquiring, copying, and exchanging these artworks, from New South Wales Surgeon-General John White to passionate British collector Aylmer Bourke Lambert.

Author: Louise Anemaat
ISBN-10: 1742234097
ISBN-13: 9781742234090
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.10w x 0.80d