John White
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales - The Banksia
Subtitle: with Sixty-Five Plates of Nondescript
Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other
Natural Productions
Debrett, London, publisher
Thomas Wilson, editor
Sarah Stone, F.P.Nodder, Charles Catton Jr, Edward Kennion,
Mortimer, artists
Chief Surgeon John White sent his collected specimens, notes and
drawings to his friend Thomas Wilson in London to arrange for their
publication. This volume proved so popular it was translated
into French, German and Swedish to meet demand.
The plates were based on these specimens, illustrated by
London's leading natural history artists. Their original
painting or watercolour was interpreted by the engraver for
printing. Once printed each image was hand-coloured, and on
the image of the Brown Kings Fisher you can see that human touch
where the watercolour has run over on the right side.
Sarah Stone (b.circa 1760, d.1844) was an accomplished
watercolourist and one of the first artists to paint the fantastic
objects coming to London from these explorations. Her name is
recorded on many of the pages for the John White publication as
S.Stone Delin.