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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creator of
Camp of 'Blanket', Aboriginal Visitor
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creator of
Aborigines of Queensland
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creator of
(Portrait of Robert Pitt)
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creator of
Cottage Girl
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creator of
Laughing Boy
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creator of
Sir Joshua Reynolds
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creator of
Beatrice Cenci
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creator of
(Portrait of an Australian Aboriginal woman)
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creator of
(Portrait of Sir Daniel Cooper)
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creator of
The Coming Simoon
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