Biography:

George Strickland, younger brother of William Strickland, was born in Philadelphia, the son of the master house carpenter John Strickland and his wife Elizabeth.  George studied drawing, painting, and engraving.  In 1814 the Society of Artists accepted a painting inspired by Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel by "George Strickland, aged 17 years."  In 1825, he placed a notice in The National Gazette and Literary Register (April 16, 1825): "George Strickland respectfully informs the public that, in the absence of Mr. William Strickland, Architectural Designs, Plans and Drafts for Workman, Machinery, &c., will be executed at his office, No. 14, Library street, opposite the Bank of the United States."  This is the earliest reference to George Strickland as an architect.  Several of his Philadelphia scenes appeared in Cephas Grier Childs's Views in Philadelphia and its vicinity (1827-1830).  He also taught at The Carpenters' Company architectural school and at the Franklin Institute before accepting a position (c.1834) as a clerk in the United States Patent Office in Washington, D. C.  Strickland died in 1851 and was buried in Washington, D. C.