Description
Fine signed proof etching with the original pencil drawing by the master artist and print maker John Barclay Godson for the Assembly Hall Scots Church, Margaret Street, Sydney. SOLD AS A PAIR
PENCIL DRAWING:
Untitled / Size image: 218mm x 228mm / Size of paper : 235mm x 274mm / signed and dated 3/4/34 in pencil.
ETCHING with AQUATINT:
Titled The Assembly Hall Scots Church/ Size image: 230mm x 228mm / Size of paper : 383mm x 292mm / proof, unnumbered / signed in pencil.
Provenance:
From the artists estate.
Scots Church , the Assembly Hall is a large, two storey, located in the middle of the building and occupying the full width of the site. The facade is designed in Gothic style with ashlar sandstone and a granite base. It comprises five floors with a raised central section of six floors on the north and south fascade. The long elevation is divided into three bays separated by recessed courts. Each bay is divided into three divisions. The lower two floors have arched windows with the recessed bays marked by pediments. The upper facade comprises a series of tripartite flathead windows, with bay divisions expressed by buttresses. Gothic detailing in the form of gargoyles, quatrefoil tracery, and sandstone proliferate.
