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

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  • Archer, Ann (parent of)
Related stub person groups
  • Launceston Congregational Church (associate of)
  • Anti-Transportation League (associate of)
  • Tasmanian House of Assembly (associate of)
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  • West, John (associate of)
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Related collections
  • Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum, Battery Point, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)