William PITT

William PITT
fl 1849-1900

The artist came from Birmingham, and painted English views, especially in Devon and Cornwall. An oil painting by Pitt of St Mawes, Cornwall (39.5 x 75) is in the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.

media

Painter of landscapes

works and access

Works include: On the Fal, Cornwall (1865); St Mawes, Cornwall (1872)

Access: V&A; RCM

exhibitions

B (19); M; RA; RBA; RI; SS

references

Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn & West Cornwall p341

Johnson & Greutzner; 

Public Catalogue Foundation (2007) Cornwall & Isles of Scilly: Oil Paintings in Public Ownership

C Wood Victorian Painters (Bibl & Ill)