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Robert Clayton (born circa 1793) was an Irish wood engraver who engraved the first postage stamp of
Clayton first worked as an assistant to his father. Later working with his brother Benjamin, Clayton contributed to the ''
Clayton and his son travelled to New South Wales as free settlers, as they cooperated with the authorities, but were not permitted to leave the colony. They travelled on the ''Royal Admiral 3''. Primarily, Clayton is thought to have worked with his brother, Samuel, who was also in Australia. Clayton has a number of identified plates in the 1838 ''Picture of Sydney'' by James Maclehose.
The first postage stamp issued in New South Wales, the 1p red stamp, from 1849 has been attributed to Clayton. His date of death is unknown.
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
.
Early life and family
Robert Clayton was born inDublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
circa 1793. His father was wood engraver, Benjamin Clayton I. He had two older brothers, Samuel
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venera ...
and Benjamin
Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...
, who were also engravers.
Career
Dublin
Clayton first worked as an assistant to his father. Later working with his brother Benjamin, Clayton contributed to the ''Dublin Penny Journal
The ''Dublin Penny Journal'' was a weekly newspaper, and later series of published volumes, originating from Dublin, Ireland, between 1832 and 1836. Published each Saturday, by J. S. Folds, George Petrie (artist), George Petrie, and Caesar Otway, ...
'' in 1834 and 1835. Also in 1835, he engraved a series of 13 "Views of Dublin and Kingstown Railway" after Andrew Nicholl. Clayton was a drawing teacher, and worked as a polisher of cut glass decanters. Walter G. Strickland describes Clayton as "idle and a ne'er-do-well" who appears to have been convicted of "forgery and uttering
Uttering is a crime involving a person with the intent to defraud that knowingly sells, publishes or passes a forged or counterfeited document. More specifically, forgery creates a falsified document and uttering is the act of knowingly passing on ...
stamps" with his son, Thomas
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, in February 1834.
Australia
Clayton and his son travelled to New South Wales as free settlers, as they cooperated with the authorities, but were not permitted to leave the colony. They travelled on the ''Royal Admiral 3''. Primarily, Clayton is thought to have worked with his brother, Samuel, who was also in Australia. Clayton has a number of identified plates in the 1838 ''Picture of Sydney'' by James Maclehose.
The first postage stamp issued in New South Wales, the 1p red stamp, from 1849 has been attributed to Clayton. His date of death is unknown.
References
Further reading
*Smith, Margaret (2017) ''Samuel Clayton: Forger, Freemason, Freeman'', Anchor Books. {{DEFAULTSORT:Clayton, Robert 1790s births Irish wood engravers Irish artists Artists from Dublin (city)