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C1927
Plan of Canberra the Capital of the Commonwealth o…
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Compiled from the First Premiated Design by Walter Burley Griffin and from surveys conducted under the direction of C.R. Scrivener, late Director of Commonwealth Lands and Surveys with approved detail modifications of design to May 1927. Rare, c.20th colour lithographed … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Plan of Canberra the Capital of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Date:
C1927
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, dissected and laid on linen as issued.
Technique:
Colour lithograph, cloth covered boards.
Image Size:
120mm
x 190mm
Paper Size:
665mm
x 690mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1927
Description:
Compiled from the First Premiated Design by Walter Burley Griffin and from surveys conducted under the direction of C.R. Scrivener, late Director of Commonwealth Lands and Surveys with approved detail modifications of design to May 1927.
Rare, c.20th colour lithographed plan of Canberra, dissected into 24 panels, laid on linen and attached to the inside rear of the original case. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the front board.
Walter Burley Griffith (1876 - 1937)
American architect, landscape designer, and city planner whose most ambitious work was the Australian Federal Capital, Canberra. After studying at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Griffin worked in Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural studio at Oak Park. There he met the architect-renderer Marion Mahony, whom he married in 1911. Early in 1912 Griffin won an international competition to plan the new Federal Capital of Australia, Canberra.
