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.

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