John Eyre b. 1771

  • Artist (Painter)
One of the convict artists, Eyre produced watercolour views of Sydney, outstanding for their detailed precision. His pictures were an outstanding success, selling in 1814 for £9 each.

Citations

  • Rienits, R. (1966), 'John Eyre’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, eds. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, volume 1, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Rienits, R. and Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Smith, B. (1960), 'European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850’, London, England, UK.

  • Wantrup, J. (1987), 'Australian Rare Books 1788-1900’, Potts Point, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Neville, Richard.

  • Mann, David Dickinson (1811), 'The Present Picture of New South Wales’, London, England, UK.

  • (1813), 'Views of New South Wales’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Hackforth-Jones, J. (1977), 'The Convict Artists’, Melbourne, Vic.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870