Robert Clayton (engraver)

[3] Later working with his brother Benjamin, Clayton contributed to the Dublin Penny Journal in 1834 and 1835.

Also in 1835, he engraved a series of 13 "Views of Dublin and Kingstown Railway" after Andrew Nicholl.

Walter G. Strickland describes Clayton as "idle and a ne'er-do-well"[2] who appears to have been convicted of "forgery and uttering stamps" with his son, Thomas, in February 1834.

[3] 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.

[2] Clayton has a number of identified plates in the 1838 Picture of Sydney by James Maclehose.

Hibernia locomotive
Ruins of Dungiven Castle, 1834, Dublin Penny Journal
1850 red 1d stamp; the first issued in New South Wales . One of the "Sydney Views". Around the image is the text "Sigillum Nov. Camb. Aust." ("Seal of New South Wales") with the motto "Sic fortis Etruria crevit" ("thus mighty Etruria grew") underneath.