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1795 - 1856. Known for: Maritime expedition images, topographical, portrait paintings, engravings.
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Engraver and portrait painter, Joseph Drayton traveled widely as an official artist with the Wilkes Expedition, the first official maritime exploration sponsored by the United States government.... Read full biography
Engraver and portrait painter, Joseph Drayton traveled widely as an official artist with the Wilkes Expedition, the first official maritime exploration sponsored by the United States government. Joseph Drayton began working as an engraver in Philadelphia as early as 1819 when his engraving of a... Read full biography
Engraver and portrait painter, Joseph Drayton traveled widely as an official artist with the Wilkes Expedition, the first official maritime exploration sponsored by the United States government. Joseph Drayton began working as an engraver in Philadelphia as early as 1819 when his engraving of a Scottish landscape by Caroline Schetky was published in the Analectic Magazine. The following year, other engravings by Drayton appeared in the Analectic. He stayed in Philadelphia until about 1838, when... Read full biography
Engraver and portrait painter, Joseph Drayton traveled widely as an official artist with the Wilkes Expedition, the first official maritime exploration sponsored by the United States government. Joseph Drayton began working as an engraver in Philadelphia as early as 1819 when his engraving of a Scottish landscape by Caroline Schetky was published in the Analectic Magazine. The following year, other engravings by Drayton appeared in the Analectic. He stayed in Philadelphia until about 1838, when he took on the assignment with the five-year "Wilkes United States Exploring Expedition". These travels resulted in him being one of the most widely-traveled artists of that era, going from the farthest points South and North on the globe.... Read full biography
Engraver and portrait painter, Joseph Drayton traveled widely as an official artist with the Wilkes Expedition, the first official maritime exploration sponsored by the United States government. Joseph Drayton began working as an engraver in Philadelphia as early as 1819 when his engraving of a Scottish landscape by Caroline Schetky was published in the Analectic Magazine. The following year, other engravings by Drayton appeared in the Analectic. He stayed in Philadelphia until about 1838, when he took on the assignment with the five-year "Wilkes United States Exploring Expedition". These travels resulted in him being one of the most widely-traveled artists of that era, going from the farthest points South and North on the globe. Commissioned by the United States Senate, the exploration was stimultated by the theories of an eccentric named John Symme... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Engraving, Engraver
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •California Before 1940
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •Southern California Before 1900
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Added Description
- •Expedition Artist of Drawings, Paintings, and/or Photographs