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Title

Architectural floor plan of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, showing completed portions and proposed additional galleries, central court, board room and loggia

20 August 1909

Artist

Walter Vernon

Australia

11 Aug 1846 – 17 Jan 1914

  • Details

    Date
    20 August 1909
    Media category
    Drawing
    Materials used
    ink on cardboard
    Dimensions
    57.0 x 84.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed and dated l.r. corner, ink, "W L Vernon Government Architect/20.08.09"

    Credit
    National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional Archive
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    ARC1.76.52
    Copyright

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    Artist information
    Walter Vernon

    Works in the collection

    16

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  • About

    The unfinished parts of the Gallery, shown in lighter ink on this plan, were never completed to the designs of architect Walter Liberty Vernon. Very little building work was done on the Gallery from 1909, when this plan was drawn up, until the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary wing in 1968-72.

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