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)