Arthur Horace Burkitt b. 1836

Also known as Horace Burkitt
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Burkitt was a prolific watercolourist who made studies of the various Victorian districts in which he was stationed as a telegraph operator. He exhibited in Victoria and at the London International Exhibition in 1862. His grandson donated a collection of 21 watercolours to 16 Victorian Municipal councils.
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sketcher, amateur photographer, geologist and telegraph operator, was born in England on 2 March 1836.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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Related stub people
  • Burkitt, F. M. (grandparent of)
  • Learmonth, Noel P. (associate of)
Related works
  • Dryden's Rocks near Mt Macedon (creator of)
  • Falls of the Moorabool near Geelong (creator of)
  • Chinese Camp (creator of)
  • View of Ipswich, Queensland (creator of)
  • Oil Sketch of Reid's Creek and Woolshed Diggings (creator of)
  • Death of Black Bess (creator of)
  • The Chess Players (creator of)
  • Bush Fire (creator of)
  • View on the Yarra, Corio Bay (creator of)
Related collections
  • Shire Office, Mount Rose, VIC (collected in)
  • Kyneton Historical Centre, Kyneton, VIC (collected in)
  • Chiltern Athenaeum, VIC (collected in)
  • Robert O'Hara Burke Museum, Beechworth, VIC (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Geelong Archives, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Creswick Historical Museum, Creswick, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • London International Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da195b0b538b73d93005412')) (exhibited at)