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C1803
George Barrington, Late Officer of the Peace, at Parramatta.
Artist:
Rare c.19th engraved portrait of the convict George Barrington (1755-1804). Barrington was a convicted Irish-born pickpocket and a London socialite, he was sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay. His escapades, arrests, and trials, were widely chronicled in the London press of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
George Barrington, Late Officer of the Peace, at Parramatta.
Date:
C1803
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Stipple engraving
Image Size:
85mm
x 105mm
Paper Size:
127mm
x 210mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1803
Description:
Rare c.19th engraved portrait of the convict George Barrington (1755-1804). Barrington was a convicted Irish-born pickpocket and a London socialite, he was sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay. His escapades, arrests, and trials, were widely chronicled in the London press of his day.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2146735
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2146735
Vincent Woodthorpe (1764 - 1822)
Print and map engraver and copperplate printer, born in Stepney in about 1764, the son of Vincent Woodthorpe, a victualler, and his wife Elizabeth Waterhouse, who had married in 1763. Apprenticed (Tinplate Workers)to Garnet Terry 8 Jan 1778. He had premises at 27 Fetter Lane, London 1796-1809 and 29 Fetter Lane, London 1800-1822. Woodthorpe engraved a number of the illustrations for Barringtons account of the colony of New South Wales, the subjects were based on earlier issued engravings in first fleet journals.
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