Curio

State Library of New South Wales

Souvenir of Sydney with waratah motif, printed by C Adler, Hamburg (c. 1869)

Die cut with engravings and chromolithographs

Presented by June Brinkman, 2013

PXA 1939

This paper souvenir features 24 steel-engraved vignettes of Sydney, in the style of English-born Australian artist ST Gill. The sheet folds into quarters to form a small bouquet of waratahs.


Souvenir Detail: The Gap, South Head

Souvenir Detail: Pitt Street / Exchange

Souvenir Detail: North Head from Vaucluse / Government House

Souvenir Detail: Commerical Bank / St Marys Cathedral

Souvenir Detail: Botanic Gardens

Souvenir Detail: Waterview Bay, Balmain / Masonic Hall

Souvenir Detail: Sydney

Souvenir Detail: Sydney Harbour / Natives / University