Sydney Tower from Woolloomooloo by Cedric Emanuel

P2/608

fonds

1981

Graphic Materials, Prints

902642

1 print - 31 x 40 cm

Cedric Raymond Emanuel was born on 1 July 1906 in Gisbourne, New Zealand, and his family emigrated to Australia when he was four years old. He studied art at the Royal Art Society and the Julian Ashton Art School and later worked as a commercial artist through the 1920s and 1930s. He served as an unofficial war artist during World War II and, after the war, he worked freelance and as an illustrator for almost 50 Australian books. He was known for his sketches which captured the rapid change and development of Sydney and larger Australia. He died on 1 March 1995 in Sydney, New South Wales.

Resource:
Wikipedia. "Cedric Emanuel". Accessed 15 May 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Emanuel

1 print of a drawing by Cedric Emanuel from 1981 showing Sydney Tower and the city skyline from Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo, where the train line passes overhead. A sign on the side of one of the sketched terrace houses indicates Bourke Street. Also visible are St Mary's Cathedral, the modernist tower at 25 Martin Place and graffiti on the side of a pylon proclaiming "Save the loo", likely referring to the suburb of Woolloomooloo.

Comes in souvenir envelope: "A memento of the official opening of Sydney Tower, 23rd September, 1981".

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Transferred from Pic.Acc.6321 to P2/608, May 2024

The original drawing and print are signed "Cedric Emanuel 1981" in the lower right corner.