John B. East

Also known as J. B. East, T. B. East, Mr E., J. B. Earl
  • Artist (Painter)
A portrait painter and miniaturist, J. B. East's best known work is his oil portrait of Jamaican boatman, Billy Blue. His lively watercolours of Europeans and Indians reveal the human focus of his work and provide information about India where he lived, both before and after his period in Australia.
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Citations

  • Bruhn, T. P. and Archer M. (1987), 'A Journey to Hindoostan…1780 1860’, Connecticut USA: William Benton Museum of Art catalogue.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney.

  • Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, Sydney, NSW.

  • McDonald, P. R. and Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue.

  • Yarwood, A.T. (1989), 'Walers: Australian Horses Abroad’, Melbourne.

  • (1834), Australian, 05-09.

  • (1834), Sydney Monitor, 07-26.

  • Dixson, W. (1921), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 7.

  • 'PXn 106 & 113’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

  • Information sourced from Read, Muff.

  • (1835), Sydney Morning Herald, 04-23.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, A.

  • (1834), Australian, 05-27.

  • (1834), Sydney Gazette, 05-15.

Initial data sources

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

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Arrivals
  • 15 November 1832 (Sydney, NSW)
  • 29 November 1832 (Sydney, NSW)