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Title
H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York `Opening the 1st Commonwealth Parliament of Australia May 9th 1901', 1902 / painted by Chas Nuttall
Creator
Charles Nuttall, 1872-1934
Call number
ML 325
Level of description
fonds
Date

1902
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Prints
Reference code
457399
Physical Description
1 print - photoengraving - 46 x 95.5 cm (image), 104 x 145 in frame
Access Conditions

Access via appointment
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

`Photo-engraved & printed by Goupil & Co. Paris'-- Printed lower right below image.
`Copyright 1902 by the Commonwealth Publishing Co Ltd., Melbourne' -- Printed above image in top right hand corner

The parliamentarians were arranged in curved rather than straight rows in order to include more faces and included George Reid (a former NSW premier and future Prime Minister) who missed the event due to illness.

Reference:
Our Federation Journey, Emma Willoughby and Anna Wholley, Museum Victoria, 2001
Signatures / Inscriptions

Original signed and dated in the lower right hand corner `C.Nuttall 1902'
Creator/Author/Artist
Goupil & Cie
Subject
Exhibition Building (Melbourne, Vic.)
Federal government--Australia--Anniversaries, etc.
Topic
exhibition halls
parliaments

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