John Lewin
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For other people named John Lewin, see John Lewin (disambiguation).
John William Lewin (1770 – 27 August 1819) was an English-born artist active in Australia from 1800. The first professional artist of the colony of New South Wales, he illustrated the earliest volumes of Australian natural history.[1] Many of his illustrations were of native Australian birds on native Australian plants.