William Vial b. c.1821

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
coach-builder, who may have sketched the scene where he intervened in the attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh at Clontarf Beach, Sydney on 12 March 1868. However, no such sketch has been found or recorded as having been made.

Citations

  • (1894), Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, 5/3.

  • (1868), Illustrated Sydney News, 03-25.

  • (1868), Illustrated Sydney News, 04-20.

  • (1906), Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright 17/6, 09-15.

Initial data sources

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