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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableActually John William Lewin did not want to become a painter. The eldest son of William Lewin, the scientific author of the work "The Birds of Great Britain helped his father with the illustrations already in his youth and was also mentioned by name in the preface.
Young Lewin dreamed of travelling to Australia to the colony of New South Wales. Following the footsteps of Dru Drury, a very famous English ornithologist and entomologist, he also wanted to study the ornithology and entomology of the mysterious continent of Australia. He travelled to Australia on the ship Minerva in 1800, following his wife who had made the journey the year before. The Lewin couple moved into quarters in Sidney and John William Lewin wrote illustrated books such as "Prodromus Entmology - (Natural history of lepidoptoic insects in New South Wales) as well as "Birds of New Holland" and "Birds of Suoth Wales", with which he wanted to finance his return journey to England. But the interest in his works was not very big. There are only 13 copies of the latter work left today. That is why it is today considered one of the greatest Australian bibliographical rarities. In 1810, the Lewis were still in Australia and ran a small farm on the banks of the Parramatta River. Besides, John William Lewin held the office of an official forensic scientist and made miniature paintings. In 1815, he also participated in an expedition to new areas beyond the Blue Montains and made many drawings and watercolours, most of which are now kept in the State Library of New South Wales.
But John William Lewin not only left many conventional natural history illustrations, for example of Australian insects in all stages of life or birds native to Australia. He also created strongly composed, partly large-format watercolours of exotic animals and plants of Australia and the unique landscape of New South Wales, with which he had some (also financial) success. Without appropriate artistic training, he went from being a practical observer, collector and illustrator to an artist with appropriate standards. He was one of Australia's first artists and probably so interesting because his new home was still so exotic at the time. He never returned to England.
Actually John William Lewin did not want to become a painter. The eldest son of William Lewin, the scientific author of the work "The Birds of Great Britain helped his father with the illustrations already in his youth and was also mentioned by name in the preface.
Young Lewin dreamed of travelling to Australia to the colony of New South Wales. Following the footsteps of Dru Drury, a very famous English ornithologist and entomologist, he also wanted to study the ornithology and entomology of the mysterious continent of Australia. He travelled to Australia on the ship Minerva in 1800, following his wife who had made the journey the year before. The Lewin couple moved into quarters in Sidney and John William Lewin wrote illustrated books such as "Prodromus Entmology - (Natural history of lepidoptoic insects in New South Wales) as well as "Birds of New Holland" and "Birds of Suoth Wales", with which he wanted to finance his return journey to England. But the interest in his works was not very big. There are only 13 copies of the latter work left today. That is why it is today considered one of the greatest Australian bibliographical rarities. In 1810, the Lewis were still in Australia and ran a small farm on the banks of the Parramatta River. Besides, John William Lewin held the office of an official forensic scientist and made miniature paintings. In 1815, he also participated in an expedition to new areas beyond the Blue Montains and made many drawings and watercolours, most of which are now kept in the State Library of New South Wales.
But John William Lewin not only left many conventional natural history illustrations, for example of Australian insects in all stages of life or birds native to Australia. He also created strongly composed, partly large-format watercolours of exotic animals and plants of Australia and the unique landscape of New South Wales, with which he had some (also financial) success. Without appropriate artistic training, he went from being a practical observer, collector and illustrator to an artist with appropriate standards. He was one of Australia's first artists and probably so interesting because his new home was still so exotic at the time. He never returned to England.
_-_(MeisterDrucke-646968).jpg "Page 57. Dianella caerulea by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-409946).jpg "Sydney Cove, Head of the Cove, 1808 by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-250439).jpg "Duck-billed platypus, ornithorynchus paradoxus, 1810 by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646992).jpg "Page 81. Callicoma serratifolia by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 268. Helichrysum diosmifolium Ozothamnus diosmifolius by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-14234).jpg "Yellow-Eared Honeysucker (Meliphaga chrysotis) by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Black Crown Thrush. Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History. Sydney- G. Howe by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Crested Thrush by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646941).jpg "Epacris sparsa by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 102. Pelargonium australe by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 218. Kennedia comptoniana Hardenbergia comptoniana by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-646985).jpg "Page 74. Viminaria denudata by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647113).jpg "Page 217. Lobelia gracilis by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647167).jpg "Koala and young, 1803 by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-299450).jpg "Koala and Young by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-647058).jpg "Page 151. Commelina cyanae by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647086).jpg "Page 181. Hibbertia volubilis Hibbertia scandens by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Flannel flower, actinotus helianthe labill by John William Lewin")
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_plate_5_from_Birds_of_New_Holland_-_(MeisterDrucke-877857).jpg "Yellow-eared honeysucker plate 5 from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646921).jpg "Xylomelum pyriforme by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Fish Catch and Dawes Point, Sydney Harbour by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Mountain Bee Eater. Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History. Sydney: G. Howe by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Orange Rumped Flycatcher. Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History. Sydney- G. Howe by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Waratah, telopea speciosissima by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646929).jpg "Grevillea punicea by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Rock Warbler by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646935).jpg "Conospermum longifolium by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646931).jpg "Lomatia silaifolia by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647083).jpg "Page 178a. Zamia by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Orange breast thrush from Birds of New South Wales with their natural history by John Lewin by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Scarlet & Black Warbler by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Three-Toe Kingfisher. Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History. Sydney: G. Ho... by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646936).jpg "Conospermum ericifolium by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Warty Face Honeysucker by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646938).jpg "Lambertia formosa by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "King Honeysucker from Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Yellow Ear Honeysucker by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 209. Comesperma volubile; 210. Hibbertia fasciculata by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-647119).jpg "Page 223. Caleana major by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646994).jpg "Page 83. Eucalyptus by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Blue Face Honeysucker by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Kangaroos in a landscape, c.1819 by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-660540).jpg "Page 173. Asclepias fruticosa by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Reed Warbler by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647006).jpg "Page 95. Hibbertia dentata by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-646976).jpg "Page 65. Dodonaea triquetra by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647163).jpg "Page 269. Eustrephus latifolius by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Red Breast Warbler. Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History. Sydney- G. Howe by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647109).jpg "Page 213. Epacrideae Leucopogon sp. by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647140).jpg "Page 245. Solanum vescum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647011).jpg "Page 100. Clerodendrum tomentosum by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Crested shrike from Birds of New South Wales with their natural history by John Lewin by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647125).jpg "Page 230. Geitonoplesium cymosum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647040).jpg "Page 131. Lobelia purpurascens by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Petrophile pedunculata by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-647152).jpg "Page 257. Galium sp. by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-647108).jpg "Page 211. Solanum laciniatum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647103).jpg "Page 203. Anagallis arvenis by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-646972).jpg "Page 61. Thysanotus by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646937).jpg "Xylomelum pyriforme by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-660543).jpg "Page 39. Plate 10 Lithosa Replana by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 11. Plate 3 Cryptophasa Septosfermi Pultenae Lewin, 1803-04 by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646919).jpg "Pimelea linifolia by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646930).jpg "Grevillea sericea by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647139).jpg "Page 244. Gompholobium by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647134).jpg "Page 239. Clematis by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646920).jpg "Pimelea curviflora by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 15. Plate 4 Cryptophasa alba, costa Lewin, 1803-04 by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Variegated Warbler. Lewin, John. Birds of New South Wales with Their Natural History. Sydney - G. Howe... by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647027).jpg "Page 118. Vernonia cinerea by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647077).jpg "Page 172. Physalis edulis by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646957).jpg "Page 46. Goodenia laevigata by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647132).jpg "Page 237. Geranium pilosum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647135).jpg "Page 240. Pomaderris ligustrina by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647100).jpg "Page 200. Elaeocarpus reticulatus by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647136).jpg "Page 241. Ixia lutea by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647034).jpg "Page 126. Filago by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 152. C. Diadelphia naturalized by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-646927).jpg "Casuarina by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 94. Hibbertia volubilis syn. Hibbertia scandens by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647012).jpg "Page 101. Myoporum acuminatum by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 153. Physalis naturalized by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647070).jpg "Page 164. Iberis naturalized by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647016).jpg "Page 106. Comesperma ericinum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646988).jpg "Page 77. Ceratopetalum gummiferum by John William Lewin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-646913).jpg "Unidentified plant by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 249. Perhaps Phyllanthus thymoides by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646954).jpg "Page 43. Billardiera scandens by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647093).jpg "Page 190. Sprengelia incarnata by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647141).jpg "Page 246. Arthropodium paniculatum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647007).jpg "Page 96. Plectranthus australis by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 60. Thysanotus tuberosus by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647018).jpg "Page 108. Kennedia rubicunda by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647047).jpg "Page 138. Prasophyllum patens by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647079).jpg "Page 174. Crowea saligna by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647105).jpg "Page 206. Telopea speciosissima by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646975).jpg "Page 64. Baeckea densifolia by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647071).jpg "Page 165. Solanum naturalized by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647014).jpg "Page 104. Hibiscus heterophyllus by John William Lewin")
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