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C1876
Messrs. Allan and Co.s new Music Warehouse, Collins-Street.
Scarce colonial engraving of Allans Music store which was established in May, 1850 when Joseph Wilkie and John Campbell Webster started a music warehouse (Wilkie and Webster) in Collins Street, Melbourne. George Leavis Allan joined the company in 1862, then … Read Full Description
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S/N: IAN-VM-761227204A–435727
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Full Title:
Messrs. Allan and Co.s new Music Warehouse, Collins-Street.
Date:
C1876
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
140mm
x 173mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1876
Description:
Scarce colonial engraving of Allans Music store which was established in May, 1850 when Joseph Wilkie and John Campbell Webster started a music warehouse (Wilkie and Webster) in Collins Street, Melbourne.
George Leavis Allan joined the company in 1862, then twelve years after becoming a junior partner Allan found himself sole proprietor. His son George became a partner in 1881 when the name of the firm was formally altered to Allan & Co. By 1877 it was the largest musical warehouse south of the equator.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 08-11-69 P.202
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d
References:
Syme, E. & D, Illustrated Australian News. ISSN 2208-5386.
Albert Charles Cooke (1836 - 1902)
Cooke was a painter, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator. Throughout his career he worked for many of the Illustrated newspapers, such as the Illustrated Sydney News, Illustrated Australian News, The Australasian Sketcher and The Leader. He was also well known for a series of birds eye views of a number of Australian cities and towns.
