Charles Hill (1824 - 1915)

Born 13 Aug 1824 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza Georgina Jane (Proctor) Hill — married 4 Apr 1852 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, England

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1915 at age 91 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Australia Project WikiTree [send private message]

Charles Hill is managed by the Australia Project. Join: Australia Project Discuss: australia

Biography

Charles Hill is Notable.

Hill was born in Coventry, England; his father was an officer who served under Lord Wellington, and served at Badajoz, Salamanca, Vitoria, and Toulouse, and was later the reforming Governor of Leicester County Prison.

Charles was more interested in art than a military career, and served an apprenticeship as line engraver to Mark Lambert in Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1840 he enrolled in the Newcastle Fine Arts Academy and took lessons at the Government School of Design with W. B. Scott, later editor of The Art Journal. He helped mount the posthumous exhibition of David Scott's works. He produced the engraving The Choristers after Barraud. He was one of those responsible for the famous engraving which depicted the opening on The Crystal Palace in 1851.

Hill emigrated to South Australia on the recommendation of Archdeacon Farr (1819–1904), in the hope that a change of climate would be good for his health, arriving on the Historia in 1854.

He found employment as art teacher at St. Peter's College also J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution, Mrs. Woodcocks Christ Church school room, at Miss Roland's school on Tavistock Street, and later Mrs. Bell's school. He opened his own School of Art in his home in Pulteney Street in 1856.[3] Wilton Hack succeeded Hill as drawing master in 1868 at both St. Peter's and AEI. It was largely due to the efforts of Hill and W. W. Whitridge that the South Australian Society of Arts was formed; the first meeting held to establish the Society was held at his home. He moved to "Alix House", 100 South Terrace around 1866. When the Society of Arts and the South Australian Institute founded the South Australian School of Design in 1861, he was chosen as its first Master, a role he maintained through several changes of name and focus, until he retired around 1886.

As the son of a military officer, it should not be surprising that he was an active member of one of the early volunteer companies, and was an expert marksman. He was also a member of Adelaide's Bohemian Club^[1]

Notable paintings by Charles Hill include:

The Artist and His Family

• Wreck of the Admella- depicting the famous shipwreck.
• The Proclamation
• The Artist and His Family
• The Back Garden c.1870 held by the National Gallery of Australia

Article - AN OLD ART MASTER. - Death of Mr. Charles Hill.^[2]

Birth

Event Type Christening

Event Date 30 Aug 1824

Event Place St Michael, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Father's Name Charles Hill

Mother's Name Elizabeth Hill^[3]

Immigration

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Passengers by the barque Historia (arrived July 27 1854) Hill, wife and child

• Charles Hill
• Wife Eliza Hill nee Proctor
• Child Henrietta Susannah age 1^[4]

Marriage

Charles married Eliza Georgina Jane Proctor on 4 April 1852

• The golden wedding of Mr. Charles Hill and Mrs. Hill, of Alex House, South terrace, was celebrated on Friday. They were married at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, England, April 4, 1832.^[5]

Death

Charles HILL

Death Date: 16 Sep 1915

Age: 91y Approx. Birth Year: 1824

Marital Status: M

Residence: Adelaide

Death Place: Adelaide

District: Adelaide

Symbol: Book/Page: 395/362^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hill_(painter)
2. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59619643?searchTerm=%27Historia%27%201854%20%22Hill%22&searchLimits=
3. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHX8-6HP
4. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158098433?searchTerm=%22historia%22%20%22hill%22&searchLimits=dateFrom=1854-01-01|||dateTo=1854-12-31
5. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55665211?searchTerm=%27Historia%27%201854%20%22Hill%22&searchLimits=
6. ↑ https://www.genealogysa.org.au/