Shrine of Remembrance c1950s
Photographer unknown
Registration number
1758511
Artist/maker
Photographer unknown
Title
Shrine of Remembrance
Production date
c1950s
Medium
card and paper
Dimensions (H x W x D)
22.2 x 27 cm (image); 23.5 x 29.3 cm (mount)
Inscriptions
obverse: (printed) The Shrine of Remembrance / "An Everlasting tribute from the People of Victoria to the Glory of Achievement and the Nobility of Sacrifice." / In bronze and freestone, granite and marble, embellished with beautiful groups of statuary in grey granite, and having a glorious Inner Shrine / and Crypt, this magnificent / memorial, the crown of which rises to a height of 200 feet above sea level, is visible to most of the suburbs and many / parts of Port Phillip Bay.
(printed and attached to mount): this print is taken from the book: "Souvenir view Book of Melbourne" (published / circa 1950)
Credit line
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
Keywords
Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Photography, 1950s