Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, marine painter based in Sydney at the turn of the 20th century. In 1901 he settled in England where he continued his studies and settled in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London from 1904 and worked as an illustrator for newspapers. Burgess was appointed the official naval artist for the Commonwealth of Australia in 1918 and went on to become the art editor of Brassey's Naval and Shipping Annual from 1922 to 1930.