Westcote Whitchurch Lewis Lyttleton b. 1818

  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolourist and army officer. Son of William Thomas Lyttleton. Though he lived in Van Diemen's Land for ten years, most of his surviving work is during his period in Halifax, Canada.

Citations

  • Carter, A.E. (1975), 'Lyttleton’s view of Halifax: Microscopic cosmos’, in Bulletin: The National Gallery of Canada/Galerie nationale du Canada, Ottawa 25 (1975).

  • Harper, J.R. (1970), 'Early Painters and Engravers of Canada’, Toronto, Canada.

  • Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, (2 volumes), (facsimile reprint, 1980).

Initial data sources

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