Tonkin, John (McKechnie Section 2)

Recorded by Foskett as John Tonkin, or Torkin, working in Chapel Street, Penzance, in 1830. Known also from an advertisement in the Royal Cornwall Gazette (5 March 1808), which establishes the correct spelling of his surname:

TONKIN

MINIATURE & LANDSCAPE PAINTER

Respectfully acquaints the Ladies and Gentlemen of Truro and its vicinity that he is now at Mr. MARK ROWE’S, Boscawen-street, where specimens of his miniatures, and a beautiful View of St. Michael’s Mount’s Bay, may be seen. He will wait on any Lady or Gentlemen on the shortest notice, and take Likenesses, warranted correct, from Two to Three Guineas.