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George Edward Peacock

George Edward Peacock (1806 - 1890) was active/lived in Australia, England.  George Peacock is known for Light filled landscape and coastal scene painting.

George Edward Peacock was an Australian Colonial artist. He was born in England and transported to Australia for forgery in 1837. While working as a meteorologist at South Head, Sydney, he started exhibiting paintings. The surviving landscape paintings are now considered as early documents of Colonial Sydney.

He was born in Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England on 4 September 1806. He was the younger son of the vicar of Sedbergh, Rev. Daniel Mitford Peacock, and Catherine, nee Edwards; both sons were given her maiden name. Peacock was admitted as a solicitor in February 1830 and although he ran his own practice it did not fare well.

In 1836 he forged a power of attorney for transfer of stock valued at £7,814, the property of his brother, Rev. Edwards George Peacock. After appearing in court for the forgery he was sentenced to death at London's Old Bailey but the sentence was commuted to transportation for life. Before being sent to Australia Peacock spent time on board the hulk Ju   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3230 characters.]  Artist bio

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