Thomas Burbury b. c.1809

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Sentenced to death in 1832 for participating in a protest against automated looms creating unemployment for weavers such as himself, Burbury was sentenced to death before being commuted to transportation. While waiting for his fate to be decided, he engraved a medal token with 'WHEN THIS YOU SEE THINK ON ME'. On arriving in Tasmania Burbury's life and career was thereafter a steady rise to wealth
Name
Thomas Burbury
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Birth date
c.1809
Birth place
Coventry England, UK, Coventry? England, UK
Birth note
Place uncertain
Death date
1870
Death place
Tasmania, Tasmania?
Death note
uncertain
Active Period
  • c.1832
Arrival
  • 1832 (Arrived Van Diemen's Land.)
Residence
  • c.1832- Hobart, Van Diemens Land, Hobart, Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists