Tombs of thought: earth

'Historical exterior view of the final stone about to be placed in the pediment above the entrance portico of the Gallery' 24 Mar 1902, gelatin silver photograph, National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional Archive.

Historical exterior view of the final stone

Historical exterior view of the final stone about to be placed in the pediment above the entrance portico of the Gallery

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'Historical exterior view of the juncture between Walter Liberty Vernon's 1909 northern wing of the Gallery and Horbury Hunt's 1885 original building' 1969, gelatin silver photograph, National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional Archive.

Historical exterior view

Historical exterior view of the juncture between Walter Liberty Vernon’s 1909 northern wing of the Gallery and Horbury Hunt’s 1885 original building

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'Christmas card showing the facade of the Art Gallery of New South Wales' Dec 1906, hand-coloured gelatin silver photograph, Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Christmas card showing the facade of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

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Harding & Billing's Post Cards (estab. 1904, closed 1919) 'National Art Gallery, Sydney' circa 1906, colour photo screenprint postcard, Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

National Art Gallery, Sydney postcard

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'Art Gallery, Domain, Sydney' circa 1906, colour photo screenprint postcard, Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Art Gallery, Domain, Sydney

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'Art Gallery, Sydney' circa 1906, colour photo screenprint postcard, Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Art Gallery, Sydney postcard

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'Entrance Court, National Art Gallery, Sydney' circa 1906, colour photo screenprint postcard, Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Entrance Court, National Art Gallery, Sydney

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Freeman Brothers (Australia, active 1854-1900) ‘Eliezer Levi Montefiore’ 1893, contact print from dry plate negative, National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Eliezer Levi Montefiore

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Freeman Brothers (Australia, active 1854-1900) ‘Frederick Eccleston Du Faur FRGS’ 1893, contact print from dry plate negative, National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Frederick Eccleston Du Faur FRGS

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Freeman Brothers (Australia, active 1854-1900) ‘Edward Combes CMG, MLC’ 1893, contact print from dry plate negative, National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Edward Combes CMG, MLC

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Freeman Brothers (Australia, active 1854-1900) ‘Henry Carey Dangar MLC’ circa 1885, contact print from dry plate negative, National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Henry Carey Dangar MLC

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Freeman Brothers (Australia, active 1854-1900) ‘Sir Alfred Stephen CB, GCMG, MLC’ 1893, contact print from dry plate negative, National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional archive.

Sir Alfred Stephen CB, GCMG, MLC

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Tombs of thought

A series of sculptural vitrines by Brook Andrew