Thomas Wyatt (painter) explained

Thomas Wyatt (c.1799 – 1859) was an English portrait-painter, born at Thickbroom circa 1799. He studied in the school of the Royal Academy, and accompanied his brother Henry to Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, practising as a portrait-painter without much success. In Manchester he tried photography. Eventually he settled as a portrait-painter in Lichfield, and died there on 7 July 1859. His works are best known in the Midland counties, and especially at Birmingham, where he held the post of secretary to the Midland Society of Artists.

Personal life

Wyatt was the younger brother of the artist Henry Wyatt.

Works

• Thomas Wyatt (A. M.), A Manual of Conchology, Publisher Harper & Brothers, 1838^[1]
• Beauties of Sacred Literature: Illustrated by Eight Steel Engravings, edited by Thomas Wyatt, A.M., Publisher James Munroe & Company, 1848

References

• Albert Nicholson, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 63
• Gent. Mag. 1840, ii. 555
• Samuel Redgrave, A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Publisher G. Bell, 1878^[2]
• Manchester City News, 15 May 1880
• Bryan's Dict. ed. Graves
• Graves's Dict. of Artists

Notes and References

1. Book: A manual of conchology: according to the system laid down by Lamarck, with ... - Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt (A. M.) - Google Books . 2012-09-30. Wyatt . Thomas . 1838 .
2. Web site: A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers and . 1878 . 2012-09-30.