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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Name
Arthur Horace Burkitt
Also known as Horace Burkitt
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Station master
  • Telegraph operator
  • Geologist
Birth date
1836
Birth place
England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1855 - c.1865
Arrival
  • November 1852 (Arrived Port Phillip, Victoria on board the Arundel)
Residence
  • c.November 1861- Brisbane, QLD
  • February 1861 - November 1861 Beachmont, Vic.
  • 1858 - February 1861 Portland, Vic.
  • April 1857 - 1858 Kyneton, Vic.
  • February 1857 - March 1857 Melbourne, Vic.
  • March 1856 - February 1857 Geelong, Vic.
  • 1852 - March 1856 Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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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)