NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths, 1794-1847 DNB: Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths [pseuds. Janus Weathercock, Cornelius van Vinkbooms] (1794-1847), painter, writer on art, and putative poisoner LBT ID: ThWaine1847 VIAF ID: 96112270 LOC ID: n99263183 | B/BAP: 1794-10-04 DIED: 1847-08-17 |
SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
The grandson of Ralph Griffiths of the Monthly Review; he was a
dandy, a painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy, essayist for the London Magazine, and criminal transported to Australia for forgery. He is thought
to have murdered several persons. | |