William Pitt b. 15 June 1835

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
William Pitt was a painter, amateur photographer and lawyer. His work was shown in the 1862-63 Hobart Town Art Treasures Exhibition. Pitt have been a member of the committee which organised the exhibition. He drowned in 1879, en route to the Supreme Court sittings at Hokitika, New Zealand.
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Citations

  • Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia – Photography 1841-1900’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1866), Walch’s Tasmanian Almanack.

  • (1879), Tasmanian Mail, April, 12.

  • 'Registrar General’s Department (RGD) 32/1, SC207/122’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • Information sourced from Lendon, Nigel.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related people
  • Brewer, C. B. (associate of)
  • Pitt, Francis (child of)
  • Pitt, Maria (child of)
  • Elliston, Charles Henry (associate of)
  • Elliston, Amelia Maria (spouse of)
  • Brewer, C. B. (associate of)
  • Pitt, Francis (child of)
  • Pitt, Maria (child of)
  • Elliston, Charles Henry (associate of)
  • Elliston, Amelia Maria (spouse of)
Related person groups
  • First Volunteer Force (associate of)
  • First Volunteer Force (associate of)
Related works
  • Tasman Island (creator of)
  • Tasman Island (creator of)
Related collections
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
Related events
  • Hobart Town Art Treasures Exhibition (None)
  • Hobart Town Art Treasures Exhibition (None)
Field Changes
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