Illustrated Australian News Proof Plates / chromolithographs
Illustrated Australian News Proof Plates / chromolithographs
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
1880 - 1883
Call Numbers
PXE 867
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
Albums - bound in half morocco and cloth boards. Spine more recently re-bound. ; 41.9 x 30 x 5.5 cm - Large folio, with 110 double page and folded (some backed on linen) colour lithograph & wood engraved proof plates
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Album comprises proof plates and colour separations plates for a number of colour supplements, or chromolithographs, mostly those issued with the Illustrated Australian News in 1882 and 1883. Although the album appears to have been compiled for Joseph Cowan Syme, whose family published the Illustrated Australian News, nearly all the plates were pri...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Illustrated Australian News Proof Plates / chromolithographs
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The Illustrated Australian News was published by David Syme & Co.
This album would appear to be a presentation album of the colour printing work of David Syme & Co. However the colour printing was itself largely done by Charles Troedel and Ferguson & Mitchell.
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled blocked on spine - not contemporary
Embossed on front cover "J.C. Syme"
A number of the plates have been signed and dated by Calvert - some of these signatures have been trimmed in binding.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Oct 2001
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 867
Record Identifier
9Bv7BBZ9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7BBZ9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
413751
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