English-born naturalist and artist, active in australia from 1800 ((1770 – 1819).
John William Lewin (1770 – 27 August 1819) was an English-born artist active in Australia from 1800. The first professional artist of the colony of New South Wales, he illustrated the earliest volumes of Australian natural history. Many of his illustrations were of native Australian birds on native Australian plants.
Abbreviations: J.W.Lewin
Occupations: naturalist, explorer, botanist, visual artist, botanical illustrator
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Languages: English
Dates: 1770-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1819-08-27T00:00:00Z
Birth place: England
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi