Alexander Horace Burkitt b. 19 September 1807

Also known as A. H. Burkitt, Arthur Horace Burkitt
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Received thanks for his contribution to the illustrations of Woods's 'A History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia' (2 vols, London, 1865). for the maps and sketches
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exhibited at
International Exhibition 1862, The Great London Exposition
Date
1 May 1862 - 1 November 1862
Place
London, UK
Description

The gold Kangaroo and Emu sculptures were exhibited at this exhibition (exhibit 338), as well as a gold-mounted inkwell made at Hogarth and Erichsen’s workshop for Flavelle Brothers, a gold and silver sculpture of indigenous people under a palm tree (exhibit 341), and an example in gold of the 1856 Macarthur commemorative medal.

Type
Exhibition
Note
Won a medal for an analysis of auriferous drift regarding alluvial gold mining with a sample of analysis of black sand, gold, &c. from the Middle Woolshed, Ovens District, and oil sketch of Reid's Creek and Woolshed Diggings.
exhibited at
Victoria Exhibition
Date
1861
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Note
an analysis of auriferous drift regarding alluvial gold mining with a sample of analysis of black sand, gold, &c. from the Middle Woolshed, Ovens District, and oil sketch of Reid's Creek and Woolshed Diggings.
exhibited at
Geelong Mechanics Institute Exhibition
Date
March 1857
Place
Geelong, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Victoria Government Gazette April 14 1863>, <ExternalResource: 'The Burkitt Family in Queensland, 1861-1981' by WRF Love>, <ExternalResource: Royal Academy of Arts>, <ExternalResource: British Museum>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Nichola Wallace (descendent)>] [<ExternalResource: Victoria Government Gazette April 14 1863>, <ExternalResource: 'The Burkitt Family in Queensland, 1861-1981' by WRF Love>, <ExternalResource: Royal Academy of Arts>, <ExternalResource: British Museum>]