Sydney Parkinson
Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a
Early life and family
Parkinson was born in Edinburgh; his parents were the Edinburgh brewer Joel Parkinson, a
London
The family moved to London c. 1766, where Parkinson's brother Stanfield worked as an upholsterer.
Voyage with Captain Cook
Parkinson was employed by
Before his travels Parkinson had taught illustration to
Journal
Parkinson kept a journal on board the ship until shortly before his death in January 1771.[27] While the fair copy of the journal was lost and never found, Stanfield Parkinson obtained some of his brother's papers from Banks in 1773, and decided to publish them earlier than John Hawkesworth's official publication of Cook's and Banks's journals.[28] A legal injunction obtained by Hawkesworth prevented the publication until two days after his book had appeared on 10 June 1773.[29]
Legacy
Parkinson is commemorated in the common and scientific name of the
In 1986 he was honoured on a postage stamp depicting his portrait issued by Australia Post.[30]
The following are some examples of Parkinson's artistic work:
See also
- Visual arts of Australia
- List of Australian botanical illustrators
- European and American voyages of scientific exploration
References
- ^ Paul Barker, "Wide-eyes on a painted ocean", The Guardian, republished in Sydney Morning Herald, 10 July 1999, Spectrum, p. 13s
- ^ "History of Quakerism in New Zealand | quaker.org.nz". quaker.org.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Parkinson.
- ^ Joppien & Smith 1985, p. 74.
- ^ a b Allen 2004.
- ^ a b Lysaght 1979, p. 12.
- ^ a b c Sox 2002, p. 231.
- ^ Parkinson 1773, p. vi.
- ^ Joppien & Smith 1985, pp. 74–75.
- ^ Lysaght 1979, pp. 12–15.
- ^ Carr 1983, p. 245.
- ^ Carr 1983, p. x.
- ^ a b c Lysaght 1979, p. 15.
- ^ Graves 1907, p. 189.
- ^ Anderson 1954.
- ^ Carr 1983, p. 197.
- ^ Elphick 2008, p. 78.
- ^ Lysaght 1971, pp. 102–103.
- ^ Carr 1983, pp. 198–199.
- ^ O'Brian 1993, p. 61.
- ^ "Sydney Parkinson, botanical draughtsman". Enlarging the prospects of happiness: European travel writing through the ages. Online exhibition. University of Otago. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-322-0753-5.
- ISSN 1833-7538.
- ^ "Anne Lee (London 1753-circa 1790)". www.christies.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Ann Lee and Parkinson's paintbrushes". By God, I'll not lose Hardy!. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ Parkinson, Stanfield, ed. (1773). "Preface". A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour. Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson... p. xv.
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- ^ & Beaglehole 1963, p. 60.
- ^ Beaglehole 1974, p. 459.
- ^ "Australia - 90c stamp of 1986 (#7300)". stampdata.com.
Sources
- Allen, D.E. (23 September 2004). "Parkinson, Sydney". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. .
- Anderson, A. W. (16 January 1954). "Sydney Parkinson". OCLC 12835111.
- OCLC 223185477.
- Beaglehole, J. C (1963). The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771. Sydney: Trustees of Public Library of N.S.W. in association with Angus and Robertson. OCLC 222980498.
- Beaglehole, J. C (1974). The life of Captain James Cook. London: Adam & Charles Black. OCLC 480115019.
- Carr, Denis J. (1983). Sydney Parkinson: Artist of Cook's Endeavour Voyage. British Museum (Natural History). ISBN 978-0-7099-0794-7.
- Elphick, Jonathan (2008). Birds : the art of ornithology. New York : Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-3134-0.
- Graves, Algernon (1907). The Society of artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791; the Free society of artists, 1761-1783 ; a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from the foundation of the societies to 1791. London: G. Bell and sons etc.
- Joppien, Rüdiger; OCLC 12544694.
- Lysaght, Averil M. (1971). Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766: his diary, manuscripts and collections;. London: Faber and Faber Ltd. ISBN 978-0-571-09351-9.
- ISBN 978-0-7141-0088-3.
- O'Brian, Patrick (1993). Joseph Banks : a life. Boston : D.R. Godine. ISBN 978-0-87923-930-5.
- Sox, David (2002). "Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771): Quaker artist with Cook's Endeavour voyage". The Journal of the Friends Historical Society. 59 (3): 231–235.
External links
- Parkinson's posthumously published Journal, 1773, online at the National Library of Australia
- Examples of Parkinson's drawings published in A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour, 1773. Royal Geographical Society of South Australia
- Parkinson, Sydney; Kenrick, William (1773). A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour: Faithfully Transcribed from the Papers of the Late Sydney Parkinson, Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq., on His Late Expedition with Dr. Solander, Round the World ... S. Parkinson.
Further reading
- de Bray, Lys (2001). The Art of Botanical Illustration: A history of classic illustrators and their achievements, pp. 72, 77. Quantum Publishing Ltd., London. ISBN 1-86160-425-4.