Volume 4: Tom Roberts painting in Exhibition Building, Melbourne, the big picture of the Opening of...
Volume 4: Tom Roberts painting in Exhibition Building, Melbourne, the big picture of the Opening of...
Volume 4: Tom Roberts painting in Exhibition Building, Melbourne, the big picture of the Opening of the first Federal Parliament, ca. 1903
About this item
Full title
Date
1903
Call Numbers
A 2481/1
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - 14.2 x 19.5 cm - carbon print
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Scope and Contents
Contents
"The large canvas was worked on between September 1901 and November 1903 during which time Roberts worked in both Melbourne and London. In 1904, the Australian Government presented the painting to King Edward VII in gratitude for his son, the Duke of Cornwall and York (who later became King George V) performing the opening ceremony. The painting was hung in St James Palace London, from 1904 to 1957 and was returned on loan to Australia in 1958. It now hangs in Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra".
Reference:
Parliamentary Education Office
http://www.peo.gov.au/students/cl/first.html (accessed March 5, 2009)...
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Full title
Volume 4: Tom Roberts painting in Exhibition Building, Melbourne, the big picture of the Opening of the first Federal Parliament, ca. 1903
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a2405001
Description source
Titled from inscription in pencil on the back of mount
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 2481/1
Record Identifier
nGm4AwBY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4AwBY
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Reference code
844028
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