File 03: Offices of the Sydney Morning Herald, [ca. 1924-ca. 1926] / Sydney Ure Smith
File 03: Offices of the Sydney Morning Herald, [ca. 1924-ca. 1926] / Sydney Ure Smith
About this item
Full title
Date
[ca. 1924-ca. 1926]
Call Numbers
SV/345
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - plate mark 33 x 23 cm - etching on paper
Other Descriptions
Level of description
File
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Street scene of old Sydney Morning Herald newspaper building, corner of Hunter and Pitt Street, Sydney with new office tower under construction behind.
Alternative Titles
Full title
File 03: Offices of the Sydney Morning Herald, [ca. 1924-ca. 1926] / Sydney Ure Smith
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
The Sydney Morning Herald first built offices on the corner of Pitt, Hunter and O’Connell Streets in 1856 when Sir James Reading Fairfax joined his father, the founding John Fairfax, as a partner in the family business.
By 1920 the newspaper had outgrown the 1856 building and when Sir James Reading Fairfax died in 1919 his son, James Oswald...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed lower right below plate mark in black pencil : Sydney Ure Smith.
Date note
No date. Dates based on edition prints held by University of Melbourne and National Gallery of Australia
Conservation note
Print was removed from its frame in 2019 for preservation purposes
Description source
Titled from inscription at lower centre below plate-mark
Contextual Information
Versions
No. 26/30 Proof - at lower left below plate-mark in black pencil
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/345
Record Identifier
9Bv6ROZ9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv6ROZ9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9634699
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