Pencil drawings of Adelaide and Perth, ca. 1973-1976 / by Cedric Emanuel

PXD 1208

fonds

ca. 1973-1976

Graphic Materials, Drawings

910169

13 drawings - pencil - 39.5 x 50 cm. or smaller

Cedric Emanuel (1906-1995) was one of the most productive and versatile of Australian artists. He has major importance as a visual historian. For almost seventy years he sketched and painted the rapidly changing scenes of Australia from the outback to the inner suburbs of Sydney. This provides a unique historical record that may be equaled by some photographic collections, though not by any single person

Reference:
Club Troppo http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/09/12/cedric-emanuel-a-biographical-fragment/ (accessed 11 October, 2012)

1. The Unitarian Church - Wakefield Street, Adelaide, built 1857 (demolished 1973). Drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Adelaide'

2. Adelaide Gaol, 1975, drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Adelaide'

3. The City from North Adelaide, 1975, drawn [from the Hotel Australia] by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Adelaide'

4. 'A charming little street', Adelaide, 1975

5. Wing of 'Ayers House' (Austral House), Headquarters of The National Trust of South Australia, undated

6. The Adelaide Festival Centre, 1976

7. Parliament House, Perth, 1976, drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Perth'

8. Page containing drawings of historical pieces in the Fremantle Museum and Arts Centre, 1976 being a bronze cannon from Batavia; a Bellarmine jug; the Vlamingh Plate, 1697, Western Australia's oldest original document; Astrolabe - recovered from the wreck of Batavia; figurehead of the 'Gudrun', a wooden barque built in 1880 in Quebec and Dick Hartog's Plate, 1616, all drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Perth'

9. The Observatory, Perth, 1976, drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Perth'

10. Historic St. Georges Hall, Perth, 1976, drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Perth'

11. Goderich Street, Perth, 1976, drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Perth'

12. Narrows Bridge, Perth, 1976, drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Perth'

13. The City from South Perth, 1976, drawn by Cedric Emanuel for the book 'Portrait of Perth'

Research & study copies allowed

Some of the drawings in this collection were made for the following publications -¶Portrait of Adelaide / Drawings by Cedric Emanuel ; text by David Mercer : Adelaide : Rigby, 1975 and Portrait of Perth / drawings by Cedric Emanuel ; text by B. Kirwan Ward : Adelaide : Rigby, 1977

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