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C1886
Frazer’s Fountain.
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
The Frazer fountain was donated to the city by John Frazer MLC, a wealthy businessman and philanthropist. It was installed in 1881 and designed by City Architect Thomas Sapsord and sculpted by Mittagong sculptor Lawrence Beveridge. It was designed in … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Frazer’s Fountain.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
120mm
x 125mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
The Frazer fountain was donated to the
city by John Frazer MLC, a wealthy businessman and philanthropist. It was installed in
1881 and designed by City
Architect Thomas Sapsord and sculpted by Mittagong sculptor Lawrence
Beveridge. It was designed in the Gothic style, and is
set on a square base. Four column groups, which support the wide arches,
arise from the corners. There is a crenelated spire surmounted by a
lantern, and steps at the base of the fountain give access on each side
to the area where the water basin formerly stood.
The fountain is now located in Hyde Park South, opposite Sydney
Grammar School. It was moved twice in the first half of the 20th
century. The first relocation, in 1917, saw it fall victim to patriotic
fervour, when it was removed to a position near the present Pool of
Reflection to make way for the Emden Gun. During the second move, in
1934, the taps and drinking cups were replaced with a bubble fountain.
Biography:
William Crothers Fitler (1857-1915)
Fitler
was born in Philadelphia in 1857 and studied art at the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts. He was a tonalist landscape painter and most of
his works depict views of New York, Connecticut, or Long Island. Fitler
was a member of the Salmagundi Club, New York Watercolor Club, Brooklyn
Art Association, Artists Fund Society, and New York Municipal Art
Society. Fitler came to Australia with Fred B. Schell and W.T. Smedley
to work on Australia’s most ambitious and largest colonial publishing
venture the Picturesque Atlas of Australia.
On
his return to America he exhibited widely and was included in shows at
the National Academy (1880-1907), Brooklyn Art Club (1881-1886), and
Boston Art Club (1881-1908).
