THOMAS GRIFFITHS WAINEWRIGHT [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] am
anxious to trace any sketches, MSS. or letters of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Lamb's " kind, light- hearted Janus," the poisoner, painter, art-critic and forger, upon whose biography I am engaged. Although I have succeeded in tracking down a number of his paintings, done by him while a convict in Tasmania, I have not yet dis- covered anything from his hand in this country besides the crayon sketch of his victim, Helen Abereromby, and a water-colour drawing in the British Museum. Wainewright exhibited five pictures at the Royal Academy between 1821 and 1825, and it would be interesting to know if any of these are extant. I should be glad to hear from any readers of The Spectator who can inform me upon this subject, if they will be good enough to write to me at the address
Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.
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