Captain Robert Marsh Westmacott b. c.1801

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Sketcher, army officer and pioneer, is best known for his Sketches in Australia, a volume of eighteen tinted lithographic views each preceded by a short description of the locality pictured and some historical background.
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creator of
Album of Drawings of Sydney

Containing seventeen sepia wash, ten pencil and two watercolour drawings attributed to Westmacott.

 
creator of
Album of Drawings and Watercolours of New South Wales 1832-51

Contains sketches formerly attributed to Conrad Martens but since attributed to Westmacott by Bernard Smith because of their similarity to those in one of the National Library’s volumes.

 
creator of
Drawings of South America, Mauritius and Other Places

Thirty sepia wash, pencil and watercolour sketches.

 
creator of
Drawings from New Zealand

Contains eleven pencil, pen, wash and watercolour sketches.

 
creator of
Sketches in New South Wales

Volume of six plates.

 
creator of
Sketches in Australia
Date

A volume of eighteen tinted lithographic views.

 
creator of
Drawings of New South Wales, 1840-46
Date

Contains thirty-two pen, pencil and wash drawings and watercolour paintings.

 

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References [<ExternalResource: Organ, M. (May 1988), 'Captain Robert Marsh Westmacott 1801-1870: The man & his art', Typescript, .>, <ExternalResource: Craig, C. (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints', Launceston, Tasmania.>, <ExternalResource: Franklin, J. (1839), 'Diary of a journey from Port Phillip to Sydney', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (manuscript 114).>, <ExternalResource: King, N. (1961), 'A History of Austinmer, New South Wales: A paper read before the Illawarra Historical Society, 2 March 1961', Typescript.>, <ExternalResource: Taylor, R. (13 January 1839), 'Diary entry', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, (manuscript A3816).>, <ExternalResource: Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, (PXn 512).>, <ExternalResource: '[Biographical information]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Organ, Michael.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Perry, Barbara.>] [<ExternalResource: Organ, M. (May 1988), 'Captain Robert Marsh Westmacott 1801-1870: The man & his art', Typescript, .>]