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C1865
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.
Rare engraving of the original St. Mary’s Cathedral. The construction of St. Mary’s Cathedral was a complicated and long series of events. The first St Mary’s was built on land given to the church in 1820 by Governor Macquarie, who … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.
Date:
C1865
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
230mm
x 160mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1865
Description:
Rare engraving of the original St. Mary’s Cathedral.
The construction of St. Mary’s Cathedral was a complicated and long series of events. The first St Mary’s was built on land given to the church in 1820 by Governor Macquarie, who had been petitioned by Father John Joseph Therry for a site for a Catholic chapel. The site chosen was on the edge of town, close to the convict barracks and convict garden. Macquarie laid the foundation stone in October 1821. Plans for the construction of a new, larger cathedral were immediately put into place, with Polding approaching the architect William Wardell in October 1865 to design a new building. Wardell, a friend of Pugin’s, had arrived in Australia in 1858 and had built a reputation for his grand Gothic-revival style, which he used for the new St Mary’s. The foundation stone for the cathedral was laid on 8 December 1868, and the rest was built in sections until 1928. Until the first section was opened, services were held in a pair of temporary timber buildings and then a brick ‘pro-cathedral’ from 1869.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
References:
State Library N.S.W., The Dictionary of Sydney.: CC BY-SA 2.0 Dunn, Mark, St 2008, http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/st_marys_cathedral,.
State Library N.S.W., The Dictionary of Sydney.: CC BY-SA 2.0 Dunn, Mark, St 2008, http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/st_marys_cathedral,.
O.R.C. - Oswald Rose Campbell (1820 - 1887)
Campbell was an artist born in the Channel Islands, arrived in Melbourne in October 1852. He then moved to Sydney for brief period and returned to Melbourne in 1864. On Thomas Clark's retirement, Campbell applied again for appointment as drawing-master at the School of Design, claiming that for the past twelve years he had been drawing on wood, chiefly figures for the illustrated papers. He was appointed on 1 December 1876 at a salary of £250.
