Government House, Sydney, 1834: [original plans, with photograph of completed building] / Sir Edward Blore

PX*D 252/vols. 1-2

fonds

1834

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Photographs

832439

3 volumes (65 architectural drawings and 1 print) - 1 sepia photograph - various sizes

VOLUME 1:
f. 1: Government House, Sydney. Albumen print.
f. 2: `Entrance hall, Govt [ie Government] House, Sydney', possibly by Lewis. Watercolour.
f. 3: `Entrance on East Front Gov House Sydney' ; `From Gipps collection. Drawing by Lewis'. Watercolour wash
f.4: Elevation. Pen and ink
f. 5: `East Elevation facing entrance to [illegible]'. Signed F.G. Lewis. Pen and ink
f. 6: `Attic plan over the Hall'. Pen and ink
f. 7: `ed Room Plan. Govt House'. Pen and ink
f. 8: [Ground floor plan]. Pen and ink.

VOLUME 2:
Plans 9-12

VOLUME 3:
16, 17, 21, 23, 25?, 26(2), 30-35, 37-9, 42, 44, 46-8, 50-6, 62-4, 66, 69-70, 72, 74-7, 82, 86-9
(transferred to the Archives Office of N.S.W, 1 April 1980)

PX*D 252/vol. 3 was transferred to the Archives Office of N.S.W, 1 April 1980

Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955.

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.

Specifications are at A 1786, negatives available at FM1/1689-1729
E. Blore, an English architect supplied the plan; M.W.Lewis, the Colonial Architect, chose the site and acted as advisor.
F. G. Lewis is not in list of civil officers, 1833-5.

Includes 6 sheets, placed at PX*D 252/1 of similar plans labelled Gipps Collection, Lewis's drawings, one of which is signed F.G. Lewis, the other 5 are unsigned