Title
Historical interior view of the Art Gallery of New South Wales
circa 1881
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1881
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 20.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional Archive
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- ARC2.1.100
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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Unknown
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About
The Gallery’s first dedicated building was erected in the Botanic Gardens in 1879 as a ‘Fine Arts Annexe’ to the Sydney International Exhibition of that year. It was designed by William Wardell, built of timber and about 4000 square metres in size. It contained nine simple galleries. During the International exhibition only part of the Gallery’s collection was exhibited in this building, with galleries also given over to temporary exhibits from Austria, Germany, Great Britain, France and Belgium.
When the Sydney International Exhibition closed in 1880 the Fine Arts Annexe was officially dedicated by the Governor as the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Contemporary reports noted that the walls were draped with fabrics ordered from Melbourne. -
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Where the work was made
Sydney