The Bouquet of Sydney : Sydney / from C. Adler's Printing Establishment Hamburg

SPF/3760

fonds

before 1868

Graphic Materials, Prints

9675599

1 print - chromolithograph - 15 x 9 cm

Adler's Printing Establishment in Hamburg published over 100 Souvenir Roses in the 1850s and 1860s commencing with Roses for London and The Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and extending to numerous European and selected colonial cities. Some Souvenirs took the shape of another flower, such as the Caledonian Roses (there were two), presented in the form of a thistle.

Adler printed Souvenir Roses for Melbourne (two versions), Brisbane and Sydney; of the latter, there are only three examples recorded in Australian collections, one in the shape of a rose is held at the National Library of Australia PIC Drawer 2411 #PIC/8499, another in the shape of a waratah at the State Library of New South Wales PXA 1939 and the other a rose at PXA 664 (v.2, f.7.). None of these are accompanied by their original envelopes.

References:
Douglas Stewart Fine Books

A gilt-printed envelope with a lithographed view of Sydney from the North Shore and lettered in gold to house the Souvenir of Sydney.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title printed on front of envelope

Date based on advertisements in the Sydney Morning Herald on various dates in 1868 (30 January, 29 & 28 February, 11 & 17 March, 2nd April, 20 May, 14 July, 20th October), announcing the availability of souvenirs containing '27 views of Sydney and Harbour, beautifully illuminated and folded in the form of a Waratah', and others on 22 October 1872 and 24 April 1873 containing '26 engraved views, to fold as a rose'.