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.

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