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C1886
Mort’s Statue, Macquarie Place.
Colonial engraving by William Crothers Fitler (1857-1915) of the Thomas Sutcliff Mort statue erected in 1883 It commemorated the man who was regarded as a pioneer of Australian resources and industries. It depicts Mort wearing a knee length coat with … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Mort’s Statue, Macquarie Place.
Date:
C1886
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
110mm
x 150mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Colonial engraving by William Crothers Fitler (1857-1915) of the Thomas Sutcliff Mort statue erected in 1883
It commemorated the man who was regarded as a pioneer of Australian resources and industries. It depicts Mort wearing a knee length coat with his right arm on his hip and left hand resting on papers on top of a pedestal. The bronze statue stands in the south-western corner of Macquarie Place Park in Bridge Street, on the site of one of Sydney’s first fountains. It is part of a series of monuments celebrating 19th century liberal individualism, and was unveiled by the Governor Lord Augustus Loftus on Saturday 9 June 1883. It faces the Royal Exchange, which was the largest wool selling centre in the world. He was a pioneer of pastoral and livestock auctioneering with particular emphasis on the wool industry and was influential in establishing both international wool markets for Australia and setting the pattern for the later wool-broking firms. He also laid the foundations of the meat export industry in making exports of perishable food possible through refrigeration. ref City of Sydney / thomas-sutcliff-mort.
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).
