Advertisement: Westbury Inn, Tasmania. Robert Lyall, proprietor.
Primary Artist
Title
Advertisement: Westbury Inn, Tasmania. Robert Lyall, proprietor.
Date made
1843 – c.1845Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in purple ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
Printed centre above image, ' WESTBURY INN, TASMANIA.'. Printed lower centre blow image, 'Robert Lyall, Proprietor.'.
Matrix size
4.8 x 11.2 cm (image)
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject categories
Architecture | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania | Australia, Printed ephemera: Illustrated advertising envelope
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.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
93265
Creators
UNKNOWN ENGRAVER, | | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 75.228.2
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
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