William Insley b. c.1813

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Completed an altarpiece for St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in 1839. His drawings show a keen interest in city architecture.
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Name
William Insley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Churchwarden
  • Builder
  • Carpenter
Birth date
c.1813
Death date
October 1864
Death place
Rockboro, Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland
Active Period
  • c.1839 - c.1861
Arrival
  • January 1838 (To Hobart Town on board the 'Bussorah Merchant'.)
Residence
  • Rockboro, Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland
  • Liverpool Street, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
Cultural Heritage
  • Irish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Therry, J. J. (Father) (associate of)
  • Brown, J. P. (associate of)
  • Insley, Catherine (spouse of)
  • Buckley, Sarah (relative of)
Related works
  • View of Melbourne from the South Side of the River Yarra (creator of)
  • View in Macquarie Street Hobart (creator of)
  • (tabernacle for St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)