Title
Historical interior view of the Fine Arts Annexe to the Sydney International Exhibition
circa 1879
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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 1879
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 15.5 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
- ARC2.1.84
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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Unknown
Works in the collection
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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. This photograph shows some of those works on display. It also shows how the timber walls were covered with fabric during the exhibition and the space was lit with electric lights.
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Places
Where the work was made
Sydney
