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C1901
INVITATION-Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth by his Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York. The Government of Victoria requests the the presence of Mr. R.R. and Mrs. Brown.
Three Federation items in a red modern cloth portfolio, with the book plate of Kaz Posney etched by Wim Zwiers (1920- ), comprising; 1. Separate printed leaf with instructions to endorse “Ceremonial” on reply envelope. 2. Official Programme of Functions and … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
INVITATION-Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth by his Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York. The Government of Victoria requests the the presence of Mr. R.R. and Mrs. Brown.
Date:
C1901
Condition:
All in good condition except the invitation which has a repaired tears at the top and bottom.
Technique:
Original colour lithographs.
Image Size:
305mm
x 377mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1901
Description:
Three Federation items in a red modern cloth portfolio, with the book plate of Kaz Posney etched by Wim Zwiers (1920- ), comprising;
1. Separate printed leaf with instructions to endorse “Ceremonial” on reply envelope.
2. Official Programme of Functions and Displays to Celebrate the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, by His Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York, at Melbourne 6th May to 17th May, 1901. Cover design by Norman Lindsay.
3. Invitation- Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth by his Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York. The Government of Victoria requests the the presence of Mr. R.R. and Mrs. Brown.
Quarto, cover design by Norman Lindsay, black-and-white illustrations, pp. 48, original wrappers, together with gilt and colour printed souvenir invitation designed by John Longstaff and Norman Lindsay, with attached Memorandum, loosely inserted in modern cloth portfolio. Melbourne, 1901. Includes the rare separate printed leaf with instructions to endorse “Ceremonial” on reply envelope.
The Invitation is addressed to The Honorable James and Miss Campbell.
Sir John Campbell Longstaff (1861 - 1941)
Sir John Campbell Longstaff (1861-1941) was an Australian painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize.
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Norman Alfred William Lindsay (1879 - 1969)
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (1879-1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his generation. Lindsay attracted both acclaim and controversy for his works, many of which infused the Australian landscape with erotic pagan elements and were deemed by his critics to be "anti-Christian, anti-social and degenerate". In 1895, Lindsay moved to Melbourne to work on a local magazine with his older brother Lionel. In 1901, he and Lionel joined the staff of the Sydney Bulletin magazine and review. His association there would last fifty years. Lindsay travelled to Europe in 1909 with Rose his wife following later. The Lindsays returned to Australia in 1911. His sumptuous nudes were highly controversial. In 1940, Lindsay took sixteen crates of paintings, drawings and etchings to the U.S. to protect them from the war. Unfortunately, they were discovered when the train they were on caught fire and were impounded and subsequently burned as pornography by American officials. The artist's older brother Lionel remembered Lindsay's reaction: "Don't worry, I'll do more."
