C1886

SA-Flinders Monument. (Port Lincoln)

Artist:

William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)

$A 35

C.19th engraving of the obelisk commemorating Matthew Flinders erected by his nephew Sir John Franklin, who was a midshipman on the Investigator when Flinders discovered Port Lincoln in 1802. The builder was Samuel Lewis who also built Light`s monument. The … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

SA-Flinders Monument. (Port Lincoln)

Date:

C1886

Artist:

William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

65mm

x 90mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1886

Description:

C.19th engraving of the obelisk commemorating Matthew Flinders erected by his nephew Sir John Franklin, who was a midshipman on the Investigator when Flinders discovered Port Lincoln in 1802.

The builder was Samuel Lewis who also built Light`s monument. The building stone was brought from Tasmania and a team of bullocks and sledge were used to haul the materials to the site. The obelisk was restored and faced with marble in 1867.

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).

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