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C1886
Parliament House, Brisbane.
Scarce, c.19th hand coloured engraving of Brisbane’s Parliament House. After Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859 the Queensland Parliament was based in temporary quarters. The foundation stone for the existing Parliament House was laid in 1864, with the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Parliament House, Brisbane.
Date:
C1886
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
253mm
x 175mm
Paper Size:
282mm
x 207mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Scarce, c.19th hand coloured engraving of Brisbane’s Parliament House.
After Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859 the Queensland Parliament was based in temporary quarters. The foundation stone for the existing Parliament House was laid in 1864, with the George Street frontage then being built in 1868. It is in the French Renaissance style with the roof made from Mount Isa copper. The colonnades were built in 1878 and the Alice Street frontage was commenced in 1887.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 9829g.
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001 :.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: Legacy ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: 1218593
State Library New South Wales: 74VvDRQZXzWd
State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G19
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).
