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Plan - Frazer Fountain, St Mary's Road Sydney, 1881

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Unique IDA-01139939SeriesDonations to CouncilDateBetween 1st June 1881 and 30th June 1881Date qualifiermonth & year onlyFormatPlan - FlatDescriptionOriginal hand drawn/illustrated plan of the Frazer drinking fountain created by Thomas Sapsford, City Architect, ink applied by brush to linen backed paper. The fountain was gifted to the citizens by John Frazer, a wealthy philanthropist and one of the city’s early entrepreneurs, commissioned in 1881 and installed on Art Gallery Road in 1884. The fountain is one of a pair of decorative, canopied drinking fountains sculpted from Pyrmont sandstone by Mittagong sculptor Lawrence Beveridge. The plan was donated to the City Archives in 2020 by the Dellit family on behalf of Victor Dellit.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Author/creatorArtist: Thomas SapsfordDigitised recordYesBorn digital itemNoGeographic location^[1]

Numbering & quantity

Quantity0.01

Characteristics

Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions (picklist)Other - see Dimensions noteDimensions (free text)36.2 x 54.5 cmImage aspectPortrait

Address

Street NamePrince Albert Street TypeRoadSuburbSydneyPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

Building information

Extant buildingYesBuilding nameFrazer Memorial FountainBuilderBeveridge, LawrenceArchitectSapsford, Thomas HHeritage statusState heritage register

Access

Subject tagsFountainsPublic access statusRestricted (fragile) - do not issue

Data quality

Authenticity & integrityThis plan was donated to the City of Sydney. As it has not been in ongoing custody of the City of Sydney, the authenticity and integrity of the record cannot be guaranteed.

Relationships

OrganisationSydney City CouncilPersonSapsford, Thomas HBoxCSA120141Related itemsPlan - Frazer Fountain, Hyde Park Sydney, 1881PlaceFrazer Fountain, St Mary's Road

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Plan - Frazer Fountain, St Mary's Road Sydney, 1881