General Charles George Gordon statue - Spring Street - 1890c

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Acquisition number: 
747
Catalogue number: 
emcm0004
File name: 
CM
File location: 
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Bronze statue of Gordon, standing on high pedestal. With inscription which reads:
ERECTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF VICTORIA
TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES GEORGE GORDON
MAJOR-GEN ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO FELL AT KHARTOUM
JANUARY 26 1885
Sculpture by Hamo Thornycroft. A second casting of an earlier statue on the Thames Embankment in London. Placed in Gordon Reserve in 1889.
The Statue is classified by the National Trust.
Scanned directly from original photo.

Item type: 
Photograph
Item size: 
22x26 cm
Item condition: 
Fair
Item inscription: 

Photo is mounted on a photographer's presentation page with text in each margin.
Left margin: 'Cooper's Australian Views'
Top: 'Lantern Slides Made To Order - - - Any Subject'
Right: 'Cooper & Co., Landscape Photographer, 7 The Block Arcade, Collins Street, Melbourne'
Bottom: 'Stereoscopic Views : : Choice Variety'
Handwritten Inscription: 'The Gordon Statue, Spring Street'

Photographer: 
Cooper & Co. 7 The Block Arcade, Collins Street, Melbourne
Date of publication or creation: 
1890c
History of item: 

Original is in City of Melbourne, Arts & Heritage Collection.

Owner of original: 
City of Melbourne, Arts & Heritage Collection.
Year acquired: 
2009
Date digitised: 
2009-10-08
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