William Thomas Knight b. 15 March 1809

  • Artist (Painter)
William Knight arrived as a merchant in Hobart Town and exhibited in the 1846 and 1858 Hobart Town Exhibitions. Examples of his work are held in the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Hobart.

Citations

  • Crossland, R. (1954), 'Wainewright in Tasmania’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1877), Mercury, 07-02.

  • Walker, James Backhouse (1872), 'Diary 12 March ms’, Private Collection.

  • Information sourced from Knight, Ronald.

Initial data sources

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