Thomas Wainewright b. c.11 October 1794

Also known as Egomet Bonmot, Cornelius Van Vinkbooms, Janus Weathercock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, journalist and convict from a well connected family. Transported to Hobart Town in 1837. His many portraits provide pictorial documentation of personalities in Hobart Town before 1850.
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Citations

  • Hodgman, V., 'Thomas Griffiths Wainewrigh’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne 1966-1976, vol. 2.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney.

  • Crossland, R. (1953), 'Wainewright in Tasmania’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, vol. 2, no. 5.

  • Curling, J. (1938), 'Janus Weathercock’, London.

  • Crossland, R. (1953), 'Wainewright—the Tasmanian Portraits’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • University of Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • New York Historical Society Collection, USA (collected in)
  • British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, QLD (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • New York Historical Society Collection, USA (collected in)
  • British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)