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C1886
Port Augusta.
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
Colonial engraving of Port Augusta. The port was settled on 24 May 1852 by Alexander Elder and John Grainger, and named after Lady Augusta Sophia Young, the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young.
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Full Title:
Port Augusta.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
175mm
x 85mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Colonial engraving of Port Augusta. The port was settled on 24 May 1852 by Alexander Elder and John Grainger, and named after Lady Augusta Sophia Young, the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young.
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).
