Portrait of Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), Botanical Artist
Portrait of Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), botanical artist. It was the frontispiece to Parkinson's Journal of a voyage to the South Seas
Detail of drawing by ship's artist Sydney Parkinson, made in June 1770, showing James Cook's Endeavour being careened on the beach at the mouth of the Endeavour River in Far North Queensland, Australia, in order to repair damages after having hit the Endeavour Reef (part of the Great Barrier Reef) on 11 June 1770.
This is a watercolour-on-paper drawing of Banksia serrata. The work would have been heavily based on a partially coloured sketch by Sydney Parkinson, Sir Joseph Banks' botanical artist who was present when the species was first collected at Botany Bay, Australia.
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