![View of the town of Sydney taken from Chiarabilly [Kirribilli] north side of Sydney Cove ...,](/archive/images/exhibitions/2010/governor/sm/e015_s02_a1528619.jpg)
![View of the town of Sydney taken from Chiarabilly [Kirribilli] north side of Sydney Cove ...,](/archive/images/exhibitions/2010/governor/lg/e015_s02_a1528619.jpg)
View of the town of Sydneytaken from Chiarabilly [Kirribilli] north side of Sydney Cove ...,
John William Lewin
Watercolour
ML 61
Lewin was the colony’s first free professional artist. He enjoyed the patronage of Macquarie who decorated Government House with his paintings, and appointed him city coroner in order to supplement his income.