William Pitt Wilshire b. 1807

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Native colonial whose claim to fame as first-born Australian artist belied the fact he took up landscape only because of the threat of photography to portraiture and his earliest colour paintings were little more than retouched photographs.
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See also

  • 'DAA p. 863: William Pitt Wilshire, Camp of 'Blanket', A Frequent Visitor to 'Clovelly' Watson's Bay c. 1886, oil on canvas, 42.5 x 58.4 cm. Mitchell Library.'.

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Related events
  • New South Wales Academy of Art exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Fine Art Exhibition (None)
  • Australian Museum exhibition (None)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Fine Art Exhibition (None)