About Harry J. Weston
Lived 1874 – 1938 (aged 63–64). Harry J. Weston was a cartoonist and commercial artist.
Harry J. Weston (1874 – 13 October 1955)
He grew up in Launceston and may have trained as an architect.
He moved to Melbourne around 1900.
He moved to Sydney around 1905 which was still operating in 1938.
In 1945 he endorsed one of The Examiner's publications.
His remains were ashed at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
He was a founding member of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists or Australian Society of Black and White Artists, and supplied the cover for the first issue of their magazine.
Family Weston married Maude Byrne of Wynyard, Tasmania at Wynyard on 20 May 1901.
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Who was Harry J. Weston?
Australian artist
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Harry J. Weston was born in 1874 in Hobart.
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Harry J. Weston died in 1938.
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Harry J. Weston was a cartoonist and commercial artist.
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