The Graphic (London) :Melbourne illustrated - in the Chinese Quarter; The ladies' gallery, Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand / Villiers. The Graphic, Nov. 13, 1880, [page] 484.

Date
1880
By
Graphic (London, England); Villiers, Frederic, 1851-1922
Reference
A-434-044
Description

Shows two images. The top one, of the Chinese quarter of Melbourne, shows a "fan tan" table, the head of a "fan tan" player, Fook Shing a detective, and the entrance to a Chinese eating house. The lower images shows behatted women knitting, listening, talking and looking in handbags in a gallery at Parliament House.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Wood engravings on page, 403 x 293 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.

Additional description

Alternative form available: Another copy of the "Ladies' Gallery image has been digitised at reference number 1/2-C-16700-F.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Wood engravings on page, 403 x 293 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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