Summary
'Centennial International Exhibition Melbourne Official Guide to the Picture Galleries and Catalogue of Fine Arts', compiled by Joshua Lake, Superintendent of Fine Arts at the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, held at the Exhibition Building in1888-89. The book provides a plan of the galleries and brief descriptions of the paintings and sculpture exhibited including an indexed list of artists.
The Centennial International Exhibition celebrated 100 years of British settlement and surpassed the grand scale of the1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, attracting over two million visitors.
Physical Description
Book, maroon hard back cover with gold decorative border of three lines with gold coat of arms showing a lion on the left of the shield and a unicorn on the right of the shield. 192 pages
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Sep 1991
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Author
Mr Joshua Lake, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888
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Publisher
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Printer
Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
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Place & Date of Event
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Aug 1888 - 31 Jan 1889
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Inscriptions
Front cover: CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION/ Melbourne/ OFFICIAL GUIDE/ TO THE/ PICTURE GALLERIES,/ AND/ CATALOGUE OF FINE ARTS./ J.LAKE
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Classification
Public events, Melbourne centennial exhibition 1888, Exhibition catalogues
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
13 mm (Length), 141 mm (Width), 218 mm (Height)
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overall dimensions
218 mm (Length), 13 mm (Width), 141 mm (Depth)
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Keywords
Art Catalogues, Exhibitions, Exhibitions: Melbourne International Centennial, 1888-1889, Guide Books, Royal Exhibition Building, World Fairs, Art, Pictures
