Thomas Maiers b. 1828

  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial convict male artist who was successful enough as a portrait painter to earn a pardon, but it is hard to tell if he was better at art than larceny because there are no identified examples of his work.
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portrait painter, arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia, in the Sea Park on 28 March 1854, having been convicted in London of larceny. He received a ticket-of-leave on arrival and set up as a portrait painter. In 1855 he received permission to marry, by which date he was himself employing a ticket-of-leave man. The next year he was granted a conditional pardon. Maiers worked in the Perth district but no examples of his work have been identified.

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1992
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References [<ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888', Nedlands, Perth, WA.>]