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.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647168).jpg "Page 7. Pl.2 Cryptophasa Rebescens Lew, 1803-04 by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647056).jpg "Page 149. Acacia discolor Acacia terminalis 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-647017).jpg "Page 107. Glycine bimaculataGlycine tabacina? 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646940).jpg "Persoonia linearis by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647052).jpg "Page 144. Trachymene linearis 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-647123).jpg "Page 227. Velleia paradoxa by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-660540).jpg "Page 173. Asclepias fruticosa by John William Lewin")
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.jpg "Page 191. Tetratheca ericifolia; 192. Dillwynia glaberrima; 193. Epacris microphylla by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646915).jpg "Acacia by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646932).jpg "Symphionema paludosum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647139).jpg "Page 244. Gompholobium by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647045).jpg "Page 136. Diuris aurea by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646997).jpg "Page 86. Leptospermum scoparium by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646951).jpg "Page 40. Erythraea australis by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646920).jpg "Pimelea curviflora by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647165).jpg "Page 271. Goodenia bellidifolia by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647075).jpg "Page 169. Conospermum taxifolium by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646919).jpg "Pimelea linifolia by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647166).jpg "Page 272. Goodenia heterophylla by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647102).jpg "Page 202. Pimelia linifolia by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646923).jpg "Scirpus nodosus by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647092).jpg "Page 189. Ricinocarpus pinifolius by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647025).jpg "Page 116. Indigofera australis 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-646955).jpg "Page 44. Goodenia ramosissima by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646937).jpg "Xylomelum pyriforme by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646998).jpg "Page 87. Leptospermum ambiguum by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647043).jpg "Page 134. Diuris elongata by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646939).jpg "Persoonia salicina by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647177).jpg "Page 43. Plate 11 Bombyx Nasuta, 1803-04 by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647020).jpg "Page 110. Medicago sativa by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-647044).jpg "Page 135. Diuris maculata by John William Lewin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-646922).jpg "Xyris operculata by John William Lewin")
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