The opening of Prince's bridge in Melbourne

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number ART19822
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 34.4 x 45 cm; image: 27 x 36.6 cm
Object type Print
Physical description lithograph, printed in black ink on paper
Maker Ham, Thomas
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1851
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts the 1850 opening ceremony of the Prince's Bridge over the Yarra River by the Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe (or Latrobe) as soldiers fire a salute. There is a large crowd of spectators in the foreground, and on the on horizon at the centre is the tower of St James Cathedral (since moved to a new site on King Street to the west).