Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish b. 1797

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
The self-styled 'Amateur Poet Laureate' of Victoria, Kentish owned and published the 'Sydney Times' from 1834-1838 which doubtless featured his own poems, drawings and engravings. In 1849 he was gaoled for horsewhipping an editor.

Citations

  • Kentish, Nathaniel Lipscomb (1855), 'The Question of Questions’.

  • Walker, R.B. (1976), 'The Newspaper Press in New South Wales 1803-1920’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Wilde, W.H., Hooton, J. & Andrews, B. (1985), 'The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature’, Melbourne, Vic.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870