Name

Warwick Weston Pett

Other names

Pett, W.W.

Culture

Australian | English

Gender

Male

Birth date

11 July 1828

Birth place

Kensington, London, England View on map Close map

Death date

17 July 1889

Death Place

Williams Road, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

Movements

Australia from about 1854

Occupations

Engraver (wood-engraver); xylographers

Summary

Worked: England, Australia (VIC).

NGA IRN

25599

Context

Australia

Biography

W.W. Pett (Warwick Weston Pett), was born 11 July 1828 in Kensington, London. Trained as a wood-engraver his obituary notes that he worked on the 'Illustrated London News'. He settled in Melbourne in the early 1850s and was in partnership with the local illustrator Albert Cooke as Cooke & Pett. From 5 April 1860 to 3 January 1861 their address is given as the 'Mining Journal' Office - and they probably produced the engravings for that journal. He worked for newspapers and also engraved illustrations for the high end of the market for instance producing wood-engravings after Tom Roberts 'An illustrated poem, Orara, by Henry Kendall.' Melbourne: Art Union of Victoria, 1881.