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[Proposed designs and plans for the main grandstand and other buildings at Randwick Racecourse, ca....
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[Proposed designs and plans for the main grandstand and other buildings at Randwick Racecourse, ca. 1880s] / Sun Foundry Glasgow, George Smith & Co
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PXD 1448
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nZNW3z2n
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[Proposed designs and plans for the main grandstand and other buildings at Randwick Racecourse, ca. 1880s] / Sun Foundry Glasgow, George Smith & Co
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[Proposed designs and plans for the main grandstand and other buildings at Randwick Racecourse, ca. 1880s] / Sun Foundry Glasgow, George Smith & Co
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1880
Call Numbers
PXD 1448
Record Identifier
Formats
— Physical Description
Contents
30 architectural drawings (bound together in 10 sections) - 66 x 82 cm or smaller - pen, ink, watercolour
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Copyright holder : George Smith & Co
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
These plans are for the proposed grandstand and other buildings at Randwick Racecourse. Following the formation of the Australian Jockey Club (AJC), between 1880 and 1886, two existing grandstands were demolished and replaced with the new St Leger Stand and a new Official Stand. As well as these new stands, the AJC undertook an extensive works prog...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
[Proposed designs and plans for the main grandstand and other buildings at Randwick Racecourse, ca. 1880s] / Sun Foundry Glasgow, George Smith & Co
— NOTES
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed 'Sun Foundry Glasgow'.
Conservation note
Very brittle with tears especially along the edges.
Description source
Contents list taken from library correspondence file.
Titled in ink on cover.
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 2 January 2016.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Glasgow Sun Foundry, was the foundry belonging to George Smith & Co
1880. It was one of the best known foundries in Britain during the second half of the 19th century, specialising in designs for gates, railings, bandstands and ornamental fountains.
References:
Library correspondence file
Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk, (accessed 22 February 2017)
Grace's Guide to British and Industrial History, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk, (accessed 22 February 2017)
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— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
PXD 1448
Record Identifier
nZNW3z2n
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https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNW3z2n
— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
1001672
