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An image of Untitled (view of Circular Quay, Sydney) by Melvin Vaniman

Melvin Vaniman

(United States of America 1870–1912)

Title
Untitled (view of Circular Quay, Sydney)
Other titles:
Untitled (Sydney Cove)
Year
1903
Media category
Photograph
Materials used
platinum print
Dimensions

37.2 x 115.0cm sight; 51.6 x 129.4 x 5.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., [inscribed on glass plate negative] "...1903/ Melvin Vaniman/ ...".
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1982
Accession number
143.1982
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Judy Annear, Look: 1953-2003 celebrating 50 years May 2003, 'Art through a lens" photography and the Art Gallery Society', pg.48-50, Newtown, May 2003, 48, 48-9 (illus.).

Peter Emmett, Sydney: metropolis, suburb, harbour 2000, 'Harbour', pg. 123-124, Glebe, 2000, 151 (illus.).

Josef Lebovic Gallery and Helen Ennis, Masterpieces of Australian Photography 1989, Sydney, 1989, 124, 125 (illus.). cat.no. 220

Kay Vernon, Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection 1990, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 56

Exhibition history (5)

Melvin Vaniman Panoramic Photography, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1984–1984

Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jan 1990–11 Mar 1990

Observing Sydney - Views of and from Observatory Hill, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 07 May 1993–13 Jun 1993

Sydney panoramas, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 25 Nov 1995–14 Apr 1996

Harbour, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 05 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000