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Thomas Fairland (1804 – October 1852) was an English lithographer, engraver and portrait painter.
Fairland showed an early interest in drawing and practiced from nature in Kensington Gardens in London.
He subsequently became a student of the Royal Academy under Henry Fuseli and gained a silver medal for drawing from the cast of Hercules which stood in the entrance hall of the Academy building. Turning his attention to line engraving, he became a pupil of Charles Warren but was more attracted by the new art of lithography in which he produced some very good works.
Fairland struggled however with money and ill-health, and died from tuberculosis (known then as Consumption) in October 1852, aged 49. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
- Thomas Fairland - Wikipedia
- Fairland, Thomas - Collections - National Maritime Museum
- Fairland's juvenile artist, or, Easy studies for beginners in drawing, of figures, animals, shipping, and landscape : Fairland, Thomas, 1804-1852 - Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
