Photographs of Vaucluse House, [1909 / taken by the Government Printer of New South Wales]

PXD 556

fonds

June 1909 (dated from the NSW Government Printing Office photographic collection `A pictorial history of NSW, 1869-1954'. Frame numbers: 11712-11723)

Graphic Materials, Photographs

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1 album (14 photoprints) - photoprints 28 x 35.5 cm., in album 32 x 47 cm. - gelatin silver

1. The old gates at the entrance of the drive
2. Vaucluse House the residence of the late W. C. Wentworth
3. The entrance gate
4. The courtyard
5. Verandah and front of Vaucluse House
6. Side view showing the servants' quarters
7. In the grounds
8. The stables
9. The ruins
10. Ancient archway by the ruins
11. Pompeian tiles at the entrance of the Mausoleum, Vaucluse grounds
12. View of Mausoleum showing entrance door
13. Interior of Mausoleum showing tomb of W. C. Wentworth
14. Exterior of Mausoleum, Vaucluse grounds

For a brief description of Vaucluse (Wentworth) House see: The Heritage of Australia : the illustrated register of the National Estate. South Melbourne : Macmillian of Australia in association with the Australian Heritage Commission, 1981.
The photoprints have a pink tinge (see The Mechanical eye in Australia : photography 1841-1900 / Davies & Stanbury. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985, p.114)

Caption below each photograph