William Pritchard Weston b. 1804

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly and twice served short terms as premier. His fifteen known drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink and wash originally in a sketchbook, depict parts of the Longford district where Weston lived and other vistas.
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Citations

  • Harrison, J.N.D. (1967), 'William Pritchard Weston’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • Information sourced from Dunbar, Diane.

  • 'Letter from Anne Archer’, Launceston, Tas : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related people
  • Weston, Henry John (child of)
  • West, John (associate of)
  • Dowling, Robert Hawker (associate of)
  • Mundy, Henry (associate of)
  • Clark, Ann Elphinstone (spouse of)
  • Archer, Ann (parent of)
  • Weston, Henry John (child of)
  • West, John (associate of)
  • Dowling, Robert Hawker (associate of)
  • Mundy, Henry (associate of)
  • Clark, Ann Elphinstone (spouse of)
  • Archer, Ann (parent of)
Related person groups
  • Launceston Congregational Church (associate of)
  • Anti-Transportation League (associate of)
  • Tasmanian House of Assembly (associate of)
  • Launceston Congregational Church (associate of)
  • Anti-Transportation League (associate of)
  • Tasmanian House of Assembly (associate of)
Related works
  • Hythe, Going towards Bishopsbourne (creator of)
  • Scene Describing Capture of a Prisoner in a Cave on the Banks of Jordan (creator of)
  • Cressy House 1840 (creator of)
  • Hythe, Going towards Bishopsbourne (creator of)
  • Scene Describing Capture of a Prisoner in a Cave on the Banks of Jordan (creator of)
  • Cressy House 1840 (creator of)
Related collections
  • Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum, Battery Point, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum, Battery Point, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
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