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Port Adelaide [cartographic material] : supplement to the "Illustrated Adelaide News" May, 1879 [B 7760] • Archival map/chart

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Summary

Bird's eye view of Port Adelaide, South Australia, engraved by A. C. Cooke, and published as a supplement to the 'Illustrated Adelaide News', May 1879 by Frearson & Brother. This copy [copy 1] is backed onto cotton, through which can be seen: 'Presented by S.A. Company'. (An article in the same edition of the 'Illustrated Adelaide News' appears on page 71, with a key to the view on page 79.) Another version was also issued as a supplement to Frearson's Weekly, No. 5 (March 5, 1880) [copy 2]. Also held is a facsimile which was produced for the Port Adelaide Historical Society in the 1970s [copy 3]. Reserve copy printed from original block found in CS Bird's Printery in 1975.

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Physical description

Map
wood engraving
1 print: woodcut on paper; 35.5 cm x 54.5, on sheet 45.5 cm x 58.5 cm.

Dates / Publication details

1879

Artist

Cooke, A. C

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Port Adelaide (S.A.) -- Maps
Port Adelaide (S.A.) -- Aerial views

Catalogue record

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General notes

A letter discussing this Port Adelaide bird's eye view was written by the Colonial Manager of the South Australian Company, Mr. Wm. J. Brind, to the Secretary of the Company's London office, Mr. J. Hutchinson. Esq. Part of this letter is reproduced in the 'Portonian - the official organ of the Port Adelaide Historical Society Inc.', v. 23, no. 2, June 1995 - "Early description of 1879 woodcut print".

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Digitisation information

Date

13/09/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,884 x 4,430 pixels (30.5 MP)

Size

30.53 MB

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