Francis Thomas Deane Carrington b. 1843 London, England, UK

Also known as Tom Carrington
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Prolific late colonial Melbourne cartoonist and art critic.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Francis Thomas Deane Carrington
Also known as Tom Carrington
Birth date
17 November 1843
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
1918
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Art critic
Active Period
  • c.1866- c.1913
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

Cartoonist, illustrator and art critic born in England, 1843. He drew for the Australasian Sketcher, Australian Graphic, Evening World, Adelaide Punch and Melbourne Punch.

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Writers:
DAAO staff writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989
associate of
Cook James Smith
1813
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Arthur Streeton
1867
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Rudolph Jenny
1826
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker)
'The only cure for Larrikinism'
(National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT).
'A Terrible Price'
(National Library of Australia NL: 32134).
'Too pure for earth'
(National Library of Australia NL:32128).
'Ned Kelly at bay; from a sketch drawn on the spot by Mr T. Carrington'
Date
3 July 1880
Australasian Sketcher.
Collections
Federation
2001
Exhibition ()
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Citations:
  • Brown, Anna, (c.1999), Joan Kerr Archive, (Place: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT)
  • Biographical cuttings on Tom Carrington, (Place: Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia)
  • Strachan, John, (c.1874), Humpty-Dumpty (who sat on the wall) or, Harlequin King Arthur, his three sons, the Princess Roseleaf, the Knights of the Round Table, and the fairy of the Fern Tree Gully written by John Strachan, adapted and localized by T. Carrington and J. Eville, (Place: Melbourne, Vic? pantomime libretto)
  • Mahood, Marguerite, (1973), The loaded line : Australian political caricature, 1788-1901, (Place: Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Press)
  • King, Jonathan, (1979), The other side of the coin : a cartoon history of Australia, (Place: Stanmore, NSW : Cassell Australia (Revised edition))
  • Clarke, Marcus, (1869), Long Odds: a novel by Marcus Clarke, (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Clarson, Massina, (Illustrated by Thomas Carrington))
See also:
  • PORTRAIT: Drawing of artist (not cartoon) (ill. King, 36).