East, John Barton

English artist who arrived in Sydney from Madras in 1832, and returned there in 1835. A talented portrait and miniature artist who had exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London every year between 1818 and 1830, he executed portraits of Billy Blue, James Dowling and many others, since lost, that were highly praised in the colony. His name has frequently been transcribed as TB East, or TB Earl, instead of JB East.