Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons, Arthur and Cyril Blacket : collection of architectural plans an...
Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons, Arthur and Cyril Blacket : collection of architectural plans and drawings, ca. 1840-1915
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1840-1915
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Physical Description
Contents
Approximately 4930 architectural drawings - various sizes held in portfolios and folders ranging from 55 x 40 cm to 75 x 100 cm
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Arranged by client name within each volume
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm
Refer to Contents for location numbers
Finding aids
Contents list available in the Special Collections Area of the Mitchell Library
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Architectural plans and drawings of Churches; Residences; Shops; Factories, Stores, warehouses; Wool stores; Hotels, clubs, etc. Municipal buildings and suburban public buildings; Hospitals; Banks and miscellaneous; Unnamed plans and design mostly churches and residences; Architectural ornaments.
Contents list
PXD 194 (Request Microfilm:...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons, Arthur and Cyril Blacket : collection of architectural plans and drawings, ca. 1840-1915
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Most are titled and numbered with various manuscript notes
Description source
SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue
Published information
Our great Victorian architect Edmund Thomas Blacket, 1817-1883 by Joan Kerr
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Cyril Blacket, July 1922
Administrative / Biographical history
Edmund Thomas Blacket, 1817-1883, arrived in Sydney in 1842 and was appointed Valuator to the Bourke Ward of the City of Sydney and inspector of Church of England Schools. In 1849 he was appointed to the office of Colonial Architect and five years later he resigned and was commissioned to design the first buildings for the University of Sydney. Ove...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
1bGdg5mY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGdg5mY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
825781
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