Joseph Lycett

Joseph Lycett
Born1774
Staffordshire, England
Died1828
Birmingham, England
Occupation(s)Convict portrait and miniature painter
ChildrenPossibly 2 daughters
Joseph Lycett, The residence of Edward Riley Esquire, Wooloomooloo, Near Sydney N. S. W., 1825, hand-coloured aquatint and etching printed in dark blue ink. Australian print in the tradition of British decorative production.

Joseph Lycett (c.1774 – 1828)[1] was a portrait and miniature painter, active in Australia. Transported to Australia for forging banknotes, Lycett found work in the colony as a painter specialised in topographical views of the major towns of Australia, and some of its more dramatic landscapes.

  1. ^ Rex Rienits (1967). "'Lycett, Joseph (1774 - 1828)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2. MUP. Retrieved 23 September 2009.

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