Advertisement: Westbury Inn, Tasmania. Robert Lyall, proprietor.
Primary Artist
Title
Advertisement: Westbury Inn, Tasmania. Robert Lyall, proprietor.
Date made
1843 – c.1845
Place made
Australia, Australia, Tasmania, Launceston View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in purple ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
4.8 x 11.2 cm (image)
Support
cream wove paper envelope
Support size
7.8 x 13.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
A vignette of Westbury Inn a two-storey brick building built in 1833 on the corner of King and William Streets in Westbury, Tasmania. In 1843 Robert Mervyn Lyall, an exconvict, became licencee and the Assembly Hall on the left was added. In front of the Inn is a horse drawn coach and a group of people.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93265
Accession number
75.228.2
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 15 (1975-10-14)
Credit line
Purchased 1975
Subject categories
Architecture | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania | Australia, Printed ephemera: Illustrated advertising envelope
Country of context
Australia
Creators
UNKNOWN ENGRAVER, | | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013