Building Sydney Harbour Bridge / A. Henry Fullwood

P1/2422

fonds

1929

Graphic Materials, Drawings

9670144

1 print - plate mark 15 x 28 cm, mount 51 x 41 cm - etching

Planning for Sydney Harbour Bridge began in earnest in 1912 when Dr John Bradfield was appointed Chief Engineer of Sydney Harbour Bridge. In 1922 English firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd won the contract to construct the bridge. It was built between 1925 and 1932 with over 2,000 people having been employed to work upon it.

Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930) moved from Birmingham to Sydney at aged 20 in 1883. Fullwood worked on the Picturesque Atlas of Australia and was an official war artist in the First World War.

References:
National Portrait Gallery. “A. HENRY FULLWOOD.” Accessed 14 September 2023.
https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/albert-henry-fullwood-1863
The Dictionary of Sydney. “Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge.” Accessed 14 September 2023.
https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/building_the_sydney_harbour_bridge

Etching of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge depicting the unfinished bridge with associated machinery. There are boats on the harbour and factories and warehouses on the foreshore.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

'A Henry Fullwood' inscribed in the lower left corner and 'Building Sydney Harbour Bridge' '9/30' in the lower right hand corner.

'AF 29' etched into lower left corner of work.