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View of the government offices in Melbourne

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dc.contributor.otherTingle, J., engraver
dc.contributor.otherGill, S.T. (Samuel Thomas), 1818-1880 artist
dc.contributor.otherSands & Kenny, publisher
dc.coverage.spatialMelbourne, Victoria
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T05:58:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T11:32:26Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T05:58:22Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T11:32:26Z
dc.date.created1857
dc.identifier002-882-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/98
dc.description.abstractView of three men on horseback approaching a two storeyed building with a symmetrical façade and a pillared portico. Two of the riders are in uniform and the third wears a top hat. There is a man attending to a signal mast, a sentry and a sentry box, and a man holding sticks. A number of other buildings in the area are depicted, including a timber house in the foreground and an elaborate structure with rounded roof and many flagpoles in the background.
dc.format.extent51828260 bytes
dc.format.mediumHand coloured engraving
dc.format.medium17.5cm x 24.8cm (plate)
dc.format.medium11.2cm x 17cm (image)
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherVictoria illustrated., published by Sands & Kenny, Melbourne & Sydney, 1857
dc.relation.ispartofNoel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program.
dc.relation.ispartofGoldsbrough Mort & Company Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSet of 22 images by S.T.Gill engraved as plates for the book, Victoria illustrated., published by Sands & Kenny, 1857
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subject.otherEngravings
dc.subject.otherwatercolours
dc.subject.othertowns
dc.subject.otherColonial architecture
dc.subject.otherporticos
dc.subject.otherbuildings, structures & establishments
dc.subject.otherhorseriders
dc.subject.otherhorses
dc.subject.othersoldiers
dc.subject.otherflagpoles
dc.subject.othersentry-boxes
dc.subject.otherclothing
dc.subject.otherhats
dc.titleView of the government offices in Melbourne
dc.typeImage
local.description.notesEngraved below image l.l.: S.T. Gill, del.
local.description.notesengraved below image l.r.: J. Tingle, sc.
local.description.notesTitle engraved below image: Government Offices, Melbourne.
local.description.notesengraved below title: Published by Sands & Kenny, Melbourne & Sydney 1857
local.description.notesThe plates from Victoria illustrated/ S.T. Gill. were acquired by Goldsbrough Mort & Company Ltd., and subsequently the company arranged to have the engravings coloured by hand.
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