Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
SWAINSON, George Frederick 1829–1870
SWAINSON, George Frederick 1829–1870
Third child of artist and naturalist William Swainson's first marriage. Arrived Wellington with his parents 1841: educated at St John's College, Auckland, and later worked as a surveyor. His small pencil drawings of New Zealand bush scenes are reminiscent of those of his father. Drawings and lithographs of New Zealand countryside are in the British Museum.