Joseph Lycett b. c.1775

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Joseph Lycett was a painter. In 1811 he was convicted of forgery and transported to New South Wales for 14 years. Despite being called a portrait and miniature painter at the time of his conviction, all Lycett's extant subjects are topographical or botanical. In 1828 he was living near Bath when he was again arrested, cut his throat and while recovering in hospital, tore open the wound and died.
Tags: Convict, Forger, New South Wales, Newcastle
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Citations

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

See also

  • 'The Residence of John McArthur Esquire. Near Parramatta, New South Wales, London: published by J. Souter, 1825, hand-coloured aquatint, Rex Nan Kivell Collection (NK380/13), Pictorial Collection (U631), reproduced in Beatrice Spence, 'The "Official" Image:'.
  • 'Aborigines Resting by a Campfire near the Mouth of the Hunter River, Newcastle, watercolour, Lycett Album, reproduced National Library of Australia (NLA) News June 1991, 8.'.

Initial data sources

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

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Other occupations
  • Clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Clerk