Artists of the First Fleet | State Library of New South Wales
William Bradley (1757?-1833) It was part of a naval officer’s formal training to learn to draw coastal profiles, charts and views. With 29 watercolours inserted between its pages, the journal of First Lieutenant William Bradley contributes to the important artistic record of …
William Bradley :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online
Appointed first lieutenant in the Sirius on 25 October 1786, he sailed with the First Fleet the following May. All his authenticated drawings belong to the period 1787 to 1792. After reaching Port Jackson in January 1788, Bradley and John Hunter , also of the Sirius , …
Artists of the First Fleet | State Library of New South Wales
Many of the artists from the First Fleet were naval officers, such as William Bradley and George Raper, whose formal training included sketching and watercolour painting. Some artists remain unknown and may have included convicts.
William Bradley - State Library of New South Wales
With 29 watercolours inserted between its pages, the journal of First Lieutenant William Bradley contributes to the important artistic record of European settlement in Australia. Bradley’s illustrations raise many questions. We can’t know if any of the drawings were painted while Bradley was in New South Wales, or later on his return to ...
William Bradley - State Library of New South Wales
William Bradley sailed with the First Fleet in May 1787 following his appointment to First Lieutenant on board HMS Sirius in October 1786. After arriving at Port Jackson on 26 January 1788, he was immediately deployed to assist Captain John Hunter on a series of surveys of Sydney Harbour.
William Bradley :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online
Artist (Painter) First Fleet naval officer and draughtsman, noted both for his excellent journal and for executing the first known view of Sydney. Tags: First Fleet
The Art of the First Fleet & Other Early Australian Drawings
In 1788, the First Fleet landed in New South Wales, and European settlement in Australia began. Among those on board the eleven ships of the fleet were artists who recorded their impressions...
Category:Paintings by William Bradley - Wikimedia Commons
2023年2月22日 · English: William Bradley (Royal Navy officer) (1758–13 March 1833) was a British naval officer and cartographer who was one of the officers who participated in the First Fleet to Australia. During this expedition, Bradley undertook extensive surveys and became one of the first of the settlers to establish relations with the aborigines, with ...
William Bradley - more than Nelson
In 1786 he was appointed first lieutenant of the ex-Indiaman Sirius 24, Captain John Hunter, flying Commodore Phillip s broad pennant in the voyage of the First Fleet to New South Wales. Remaining in the new colony, Bradley initially made himself an expert on the ways of the aborigines, taking the time to study their lifestyle and opening ...
William Bradley - Australian Dictionary of Biography
He served in H.M.S. Lenox, Aldborough, Mermaid, Ripon, Prothée, Phaeton and Ariadne before being appointed first lieutenant in the Sirius on 25 October 1786 and sailing with the First Fleet next May.