View of Adelaide from the tower of the Post Office showing Victoria Square, Australia

People:

Charles Rudd (photographer)
William Light (architect)

Title:

View of Adelaide from the tower of the Post Office showing Victoria Square, Australia

Date:

1892-1900

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp. (top corners rounded; irreg.): 13.4 x 20 cm (5 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.) secondary support: 19.4 x 22.8 cm (7 5/8 x 9 in.) sheet (irreg.): 13.6 x 20.9 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Reference number:

PH1981:0400:005

Point of View:

aerial view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This photograph has a thin black line around the composition on the secondary support.

Inscription:

imprinted - in black ink, on the secondary support, u.l. to u.r.: "ADELAIDE VIEWS BY C. RUDD."; l.l.: "C. RUDD, PHOTO, ARTIST,"; l.r.: "257 BOURKE STREET (Close to Swanston St.) MELBOURNE."; l.l.: "Photographed on Baker's "AUSTRAL" Plates." [in italics] numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in the image, l.c. to l.r.: "562" and with title

Location:

Adelaide; New South Wales; Australia;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

street
houses
stores
streetscape
square (open space)
church tower
churches
row houses
industrial buildings
spire
steeple
commercial buildings

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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