Primary Artist

UNKNOWN ENGRAVER,

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

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