Thomas Onwhyn
Thomas Onwhyn (c.1811 – 21 January 1886) was an English artist, illustrator, engraver, satirist, and cartoonist. He also published an illustrated pirate edition of The Pickwick Papers in 1837 under the pen-name of "Samuel Weller", after Dickens's character in the book. He may have also used other pseudonyms including Peter Paul Palette.
Also recorded as T. O. · O. · Sam Weller · Peter Palette
Thomas Onwhyn
![Sylvester Sound aiming a pistol at a broken mirror. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844., [1844], by Thomas Onwhyn](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0040497/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
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- Died
- 1886.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- illustrator, engraver, caricaturist and artist.
- Languages
- English.
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Thomas Onwhyn (c.1811 – 21 January 1886) was an English artist, illustrator, engraver, satirist, and cartoonist. He also published an illustrated pirate edition of The Pickwick Papers in 1837 under the pen-name of "Samuel Weller", after Dickens's character in the book. He may have also used other pseudonyms including Peter Paul Palette.
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Also worked under the name Sam Weller and Peter Palette. Born at London in 1814, died in 1886.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are 3 Catherine Street.
Hicks Hall, Session House,
Thomas Onwhyn · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
![Policemen entering the study of a medical student in search of thieves shoot at a pair of skeletons by mistake Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844., [1844], by Thomas Onwhyn](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0039473/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Policemen entering the study of a medical student in search of thieves shoot at a pair of skeletons by mistake Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844., [1844], by Thomas Onwhyn
Thomas Onwhyn · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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