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.

Citations

  • (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.

  • Tibbits, G (1984), 'William Tibbits 1837-1905: Cottage House and Garden Artist,’, Melbourne.

  • Douglas, C. & Lewis, M (1983), 'Picturesque Victoria through the Eyes of William Tibbits’, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.

  • Downer, C. & Jones, S. (1984), 'Portraits in the Landscape: The House Paintings of William Tibbits 1870-1906’, Historic Houses Trust, Sydney.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870