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Sapsford, Thomas H

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Plan - Frazer Memorial Fountain, Art Gallery Road Sydney, 1881

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Plan - Frazer Fountain, Hyde Park Sydney, 1881

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Unique IDA-01139940SeriesDonations 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 in Hyde Park in 1882. 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 H SapsfordDigitised recordYesBorn digital itemNoGeographic location^[1]

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Quantity0.01

Characteristics

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

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Street NameCollegeStreet TypeStreetSuburbSydneyPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

Building information

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

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Subject tagsFountainsHyde ParkPublic access statusRestricted (fragile) - do not issue

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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.

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OrganisationSydney City CouncilPersonSapsford, Thomas HRelated itemsPlan - Frazer Memorial Fountain, Art Gallery Road Sydney, 1881

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Plan - Frazer Fountain, Hyde Park Sydney, 1881