Summary
Colour photograph of former Exhibition Trustee Chairman Freeman Strickland OBE, former Director John Elden, and former Exhibition Trustee Ken Christian gathered around Gerrard Lants' watercolour painting of the French Fountain, presented to Elden at the 'At Home' celebration for Christian and outgoing Exhibition Trustees Director John Elden held at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on the evening of 18 May 1985.
Gerrard Lants depicted several scenes of the Royal Exhibition Buildings, at least one of which was exhibited at the Centenary Art Exhibition held in 1980. It was subsequently purchased by the Exhibition Trustees at the conclusion of the exhibition, and is now held in the collections of Museum Victoria.
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.
Description of Content
Former Exhibition Trustees Chairman, Freeman Strickland OBE, former Trustees Director, John Elden, and former Trustee Ken Christian, posing with Gerrard Lants' watercolour painting of the French Fountain in the eastern forecourt of the Royal Exhibition Building. The painting was presented to John Elden on behalf of the Exhibition Trustees at the 'At Home' to Ken Christian and Elden held in the Royal Exhibition Buildings on the evening of 18 May 1985.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Significance
The ten Exhibition Trustees' albums provide an invaluable visual record of past use, history, maintenance and restoration work of the Royal Exhibition Buildings prior to the building being recognised with a World Heritage Listing in 2004.
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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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Jan 2000
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1985
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Person Depicted
Mr Freeman "Free" R. Strickland OBE - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1985
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Person Depicted
Mr John C. Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1985
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Person Depicted
Mr Ken L. Christian - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1985
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Artist
Mr Gerrard Lants, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1980
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
AT HOME TO KEN CHRISTIAN AND JOHN ELDEN MAY 18TH 1985/ PRESENTATION TO JOHN ELDEN/ L. to R. FREE STRICKLAND, JOHN ELDEN, KEN CHRISTIAN.
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Classification
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
202 mm (Width), 253 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Dinners, Functions, Paintings, Presentations, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1980-1989, Social Functions