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C1948
Map of Sydney & inhabitants presented by the Grahame Book Co.
Mapmaker:
Wonderful c.20th pictorial map of Sydney showing a bird’s-eye view of buildings, streets and places of interest.
$A 650
S/N: GBCO-TP-NS-1948–457771
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Full Title:
Map of Sydney & inhabitants presented by the Grahame Book Co.
Date:
C1948
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
502mm
x 215mm
Paper Size:
515mm
x 226mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1948
Description:
Wonderful c.20th pictorial map of Sydney showing a bird’s-eye view of buildings, streets and places of interest.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 6338053
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991020021949702626
State Library Victoria: MAPS 811.17 AP 1949?
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 6338053
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991020021949702626
State Library Victoria: MAPS 811.17 AP 1949?
Roderick Shaw (1915 - 1992)
He studied art at East Sydney Technical College, and during WWII worked at the Commonwealth Aircraft factory painting camouflage with William Dobell and Joshua Smith. After the war he worked as a designer and illustrator. In 1939 he had established a printing press with Dick Edwards, and after the war Edwards and Shaw were instrumental in ending the censorship of four letter words in Australia, by publishing the banned report of the trial of Penguin books over Lady Chatterley's Lover. He designed the mural for the Waterside Workers' Federation Office and for many years taught at workshops and summer schools. He was a foundation member of Artists for Democracy and of Artists Against Nuclear War. Shaw had a major retrospective show at Woolloomoolloo Gallery in 1988 and is represented in the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Gallery of Victoria as well as the Australian War Memorial. Sydney artist born at Drummoyne, N.S.W. He was educated at Sydney High and at East Sydney National Art School. In 1935 he was a foundation member of the Windsor Group of Sydney artists who painted in the Hawkesbury region. In 1939 Shaw and Dick Edwards established The Barn on the Hill Press at Woolloomooloo. During WWII worked at the Commonwealth Aircraft factory painting camouflage with William Dobell and Joshua Smith. After the war he worked as a designer and illustrator. In 1939 he had established a printing press with Dick Edwards, and after the war Edwards and Shaw were instrumental in ending the censorship of four letter words in Australia, by publishing the banned report of the trial of Penguin books over Lady Chatterley's Lover. He designed the mural for the Waterside Workers' Federation Office and for many years taught at workshops and summer schools. He was a foundation member of Artists for Democracy and of Artists Against Nuclear War. Shaw had a major retrospective show at Woolloomoolloo Gallery in 1988 and is represented in the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Gallery of Victoria as well as the Australian War Memorial.
