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C1886
The Port Phillip Company’s Mines.
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
Floated in London at the end of 1851, the Port Phillip & Colonial Gold Mining Company was the first foreign-owned public company to invest in Victorian gold mining.
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Full Title:
The Port Phillip Company’s Mines.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
William Crothers Fitler (1857 - 1915)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
176mm
x 115mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Floated in London at the end of 1851, the Port Phillip & Colonial Gold Mining Company was the first foreign-owned public company to invest in Victorian gold mining.
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).
