Thomas griffiths wainewright (1794-1847) was a peripheral figure on the early 19th-century London books and arts scene. His friends included Blake, Fuseli, Hazlitt, Lamb and Clare. During the 1820s he enjoyed a considerable reputation as an essayist, painter and flamboyant dandy. Later in his lifetime he would achieve widespread fame—not as an artist or writer but as a murderer.
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