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C1886
Telescope, Sydney Observatory.
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
This refractor telescope built in 1874 is Australia’s oldest telescope.
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Full Title:
Telescope, Sydney Observatory.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
115mm
x 155mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
This refractor telescope built in 1874 is Australia’s oldest telescope.
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).
