William Taylor Smith Tibbits b. c.5 September 1837

Also known as William Tibbits
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Tibbits produced many landscape drawings, views of public and private buildings and reproductions steel plate prints whilst residing in Victoria and Sydney. He travelled to regional areas and painted various scenes and was also commissioned by James Fairfax.
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Name
William Taylor Smith Tibbits
Also known as William Tibbits
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.5 September 1837
Birth note
baptism date
Death date
15 December 1906
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1866 - 1905
Arrival
  • c.1866
Residence
  • c.1870 - c.1873 Neil Street, Ballarat, Victoria
  • c.1898 - c.1906 The Grange, Liverpool Street, Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1877 - c.1898 74 Albert Street, Windsor, Victoria
  • c.1873 - c.1874 Armstrong Street, Ballarat, Victoria
  • 1898 - 1906 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1877 - 1898 Windsor, Victoria
  • 1875 - 1877 Coburg, Victoria
  • 1870 - 1875 Ballarat, Victoria
Cultural Heritage
  • British?
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: (1888), 'Centennial Era Australia 1888: A Cloud of Witnesses Melbourne, Victoria. Distinguished Visitors, Prominent Settlers, Leading Citizens, Manufacturers', Melbourne, Victoria, published on the occasion of the 1888 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition. Features 325 portrait photographs.>, <ExternalResource: Tibbits, G (1984), 'William Tibbits 1837-1905: Cottage House and Garden Artist,', Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Douglas, C. & Lewis, M (1983), 'Picturesque Victoria through the Eyes of William Tibbits', State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Downer, C. & Jones, S. (1984), 'Portraits in the Landscape: The House Paintings of William Tibbits 1870-1906', Historic Houses Trust, Sydney.>] [<ExternalResource: (1888), 'Centennial Era Australia 1888: A Cloud of Witnesses Melbourne, Victoria. Distinguished Visitors, Prominent Settlers, Leading Citizens, Manufacturers', Melbourne, Victoria, published on the occasion of the 1888 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition. Features 325 portrait photographs.>]