Title
Architectural plan for the National Art Gallery of New South Wales showing proposed completed building, with elevation towards the harbour, side elevation and a cross section of galleries
22 July 1896
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Details
- Date
- 22 July 1896
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- watercolour and ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 68.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, ink, "W L Vernon/Govt Arch/22.7.96"
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Art Gallery of New South Wales Institutional Archive
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- ARC1.76.29
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Walter Vernon
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About
The first plans by Government Architect Walter Liberty Vernon for the National Art Gallery of New South Wales were submitted to the Gallery's trustees in 1895.This plan, drawn up in the following year, shows the elevation of the Gallery towards the harbour.This part of Vernon's design was never completed. During the Great Depression it was suggested that it be completed as the George V Memorial Wing. The Government Architect at the time, Edwin Evan Smith, submitted a design for the wing in 1932 (ARC1.76.71).
