1876 Adelaide

A beautiful study of Adelaide in 1876. This engraving was published in July 1876, as a supplement to the Illustrated Sydney News, which described it as 'a capital view of the City of Adelaide. The picture is taken from a point on Pennington-terrace, below Christ Church, North Adelaide, so that the North Park lands and the Torrens are shown in the foreground. A considerable portion of the city proper, the seat of business, is shown, and a splendid background is furnished by the Mount Lofty chain of hills, which bounds the Adelaide plains on the south-east and south.'. All text © HotPress Drawn by Albert Charles Cooke (1836-1902), engraving attributed to Samuel Calvert. This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the National Library of Australia. Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image. We strive to provide authentic representations of the original work that are suitable for enlargements that retain the tones and character of the original.