Phil Goatcher b. 23 November 1851

Also known as Philip W. Goatcher
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
Philip W. Goatcher (known as Phil), theatrical scene painter, was born in England in 1851, trained in 1867 as an apprentice scene painter in Melbourne, where he returned as a star scenic artist in 1890, after a long career in New York.
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Captain John A. Gordon
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George Gordon
1839
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John Hennings
1835
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Walter Brookes Spong
1851
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John Brunton
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nee Stone Emma Goatcher
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Philip W. junior Goatcher
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Philip W. junior Goatcher
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James Goatcher
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James Goatcher
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nee Little Alice Goatcher
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Charles Massey
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References [<ExternalResource: Bordman, Gerald (2004), 'Oxford Companion to American Theatre', Oxford University Press, New York.>, <ExternalResource: (8 January 1892), 'A Scenic Artist at Work', Table Talk, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: (31 October 1890) 'Mr Philip Goatcher', Table Talk, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Callaway, Anita (2000), 'Visual Ephemera: Theatrical Art in Nineteenth-Century Australia', UNSW Press, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Taylor, Toso (1894), 'Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper [pantomime libretto]', Lyceum Theatre, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Hough, David (15 October 1991), 'Remembrance of Scenes Past', Bulletin, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: 'An Ex-Scene Painter's Protest' (March 1882), Art Amateur, New York.>, <ExternalResource: McPherson, Ailsa (2010), 'Goatcher, Philip W', Dictionary of Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: (27 December 1890), ''A Strange Career: Sketches by a Scenic Artist' nos 1-15', Australian Star, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: (26 March 1893), 'Evolution of a Scenic Artist', Morning Call, San Francisco.>, <ExternalResource: (11 March 1927), 'Man of Many Parts', New Zealand Herald, Auckland.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1993), 'Boulder Town Hall--Register of Heritage Places--Assessment Documentation', Heritage Council of Western Australia.>]