William Winstanley b. c.1788

  • Artist (Painter)
William Winstanley was a painter and scene-painter. Together with his wife and six children he arrived in Sydney in 1833. Winstanley worked as a scene-painter at the Theatre Royal as well as at the Royal Victoria Theatre.

Citations

  • Stephens, L. and Lee, S. (ed.), 'Dictionary of National Biographies’, 22 vols, London, England, 1885-1901.

  • Altick, R. (1978), 'The Shows of London’, Cambridge Mass., USA.

  • Irvin, E. (1985), 'Dictionary of the Australian Theatre 1788-1914’, Marrickville, New South Wales.

  • Forde, J. (13 February 1921), Truth.

  • (6 June 1834), Australian.

  • (28 March 1838), Commercial Journal and Advertiser.

  • (29 March 1838), Sydney Herald.

  • (4 May 1833), Sydney Monitor.

  • (24 October 1834), Sydney Times.

  • Mutch, T., Index of birthsdeaths and marriages, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

  • Oppenheim, H., 'Colonial theatre: The rise of the legitimate stage in Australia 1824-1847’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney ms 3266.

  • Public Records Office Sydney, CO 385/11.

  • Information sourced from Neville, R.

  • (1834), Australian, 3, 21, 31 Oct.

  • (1838), Commercial Journal and Advertiser, 21, 25 April.

  • (1834), Sydney Gazette, 22, 28 May.

  • (1838), Sydney Gazette, 29 March, 6 Oct.

  • (1833), Sydney Monitor, 18 May, 10, 27 July.

  • (7 July 1834), Sydney Monitor, 7 July, 22, 25 Oct.

  • (1835), Sydney Monitor, 18 March, 2, 13 May.

Initial data sources

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