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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The John Lancaster Collections of Australian Trade Exhibitions
• Sale Date:
  18 Oct 2016 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  146
• Lot Description:
  AWARD CERTIFICATE, "Sydney International Exhibition, 1879"
  awarded to Lloyd Tayler, F.R.I.B.A., "for Services in exhibiting design for Melbourne International Exhibition", window mounted, overall 51x60cm.
• Notes:
  The ornate certificate shows a border of Australian floral motifs and produce across the top and down the sides with vignettes of mining, pastoralism, industry and the arts. The bottom centre of the certificate bears a personification of New South Wales represented by a young woman holding a laurel wreath rising above the countries of the world. The figure holds the hand of Brittania and stands behind the shield of New South Wales and the British lion. Underneath is an oval cartouche with a representation of the Garden Palace while small cameos depicting Australian flora, fauna and landscape scenes decorate the upper corners. Lloyd Tayler [1830-1900], architect, was born in London, In June 1851 he left England to join his brother on the land near Albury, New South Wales, but the run had been burnt and instead he tried his luck at the Mount Alexander goldfields. In 1854 he set up an architectural practice with Lewis Vieusseux, civil engineer, but by 1856 was working on his own in Melbourne and had designed premises for the Colonial Bank of Australasia. In the 1860s and 1870s he won repute by his designs for the National Bank of Australasia: examples are at Richmond, North Fitzroy, Warrnambool and Coleraine. His major design for the bank was the Melbourne head office (1867) which he described as Palladian. With Edmund Wright in 1874 Tayler won the competition for the South Australian Houses of Parliament (begun in 1881). They are also credited with the design of the Bank of Australia, Adelaide (1875). His impressive Australian Club, Melbourne (1878), is a fine interpretation of the Palazzo Farnese model, while the Melbourne Exchange is a modest example of his dignified urban manner. A justice of the peace, Tayler was a founder of the St John Ambulance Association in Victoria in June 1883 and a councillor of the Australian Health Society. A commissioner to the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880-81, he often acted as professional adviser to the government and was a judge in 1900 of the competition plans for the new Flinders Street railway station.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 750
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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