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Pictures by the real Dorian Gray make market debut Share Two rare portraits by one of Australia’s most notorious and talented convict artists are for sale for the first time since they were created 179 years ago in the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land. The works are by Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, English dandy, aesthete, essayist, suspected murderer, and the inspiration for Oscar Wildes’ most famous character, Dorian Gray. Wainewright was sensationally considered a serial killer, believed to have poisoned his mother-in-law and sister-in-law to cash in on insurance policies. He was never nailed for these crimes but the much-mythologised Wainewright was dispatched to the colonies for the lesser crime of fraudulence. Before his fall from grace, Wainewright was an esteemed painter of mythological scenes and portraits, exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution.

Hobart townUnited kingdomCity ofFanny hillMerryn schrieverOscar wildeRobert kennedy nuttallRalph griffithsThomas griffiths wainewrightDorian grayRoyal academyBritish institutionVan diemenJohn clelandColonial hospitalBonham important australian art