Item #CL187-84 Present Sight [Sic] Of City Railway. The Devonshire St Cemetery, Sydney. William Henry Howes, Aust.
Present Sight [Sic] Of City Railway. The Devonshire St Cemetery, Sydney
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Present Sight [Sic] Of City Railway. The Devonshire St Cemetery, Sydney

1903. Watercolour with pencil, captioned, dated and signed in ink in image and vignette; annotated, dated “1902” and signed in ink verso, 29.4 x 45.8cm. Repaired tear to right edge, slight foxing overall.

Vignette caption reads “Present sight [sic], Railway Stn, Devonshire St Cemetery.” Annotations verso include “The original sketch of the Devonshire St. Cemetary [sic], April 1902, undergoing demolition. Now present sight of the City Railway Station...”

The Devonshire Street Cemetery was located between Eddy Avenue and Elizabeth Street, and between Chalmers and Devonshire Streets, at Brickfield Hill, in Sydney. In 1901 the cemetery was resumed by the State Government to make way for Central Railway Station. Ref: Wiki.

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Item #CL187-84

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