Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist
For the English boxer, see Sidney Parkinson.
Sydney parkinson
Self-portrait
Born
c. 1745
Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Died
26 January 1771 (aged c. 26)
Indian Ocean
Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti.[1] Parkinson was the first Quaker to visit New Zealand.[2]The standard author abbreviation Parkinson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
^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.
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