Philip Pittman

English, 1740–1775

Pittman was a lieutenant or captain in the British Army. He was an engineer and cartographer, and was stationed at Fort de Chartres in the later part of the 1760s.

He was later stationed in the Illinois Territories. In 1770, Pittman published The Present State of the European Settlements Missisippi [sic]: With geographical description of the river.

A View of New Orleans taken from Opposite Side of the River Mississippi, 1765
Attributed to Lt./Capt. Philip Pittman, 1765
Ink on paper, 5 7/8 x 46 ½ inches
Louisiana State Museum XX0771

Although this drawing has been identified as the work of Pittman, there are indications that it is not an original eighteen-century drawing.

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