Thomas Blayde b. c.1781

Also known as Thomas Blade
  • Artist (Painter)
A convict, Thomas Blayde had received his 'ticket of leave' by 1814 and was recorded as working as a 'limner' or portrait painter by the New South Wales General Muster taken that year.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : V18153339 2B/1815; V1815344 7/1815’.

  • Information sourced from Fahy, Kevin.

Initial data sources

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