Summary
Black & white photograph of an original black & white illustration showing the interior of the Exhibition Buildings at the time of the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition from underneath the dome, looking along the north and west axis of the building, taken circa 1980, though the original illustration is likely to date to 1880.
This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as a 10 volume pictorial history of the Exhibition Building spanning the years 1880 to 1985. The pictorial history was instigated by the centenary of the Exhibition Building in 1980 and forms part of a larger Royal Exhibition Building collection of documents, photographs, objects and research files.
Physical Description
A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album of an original illustration. The view is looking towards the north-west corner of the dome in the Exhibition Buildings with various figures wandering through the building below. The Grand Organ is visible at the end of the western nave. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1880-1881
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Within image: THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: THE INTERIOR UNDER THE DOME.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Building & infrastructure, General history
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
191 mm (Width), 239 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees