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The entrance to the cellars, Elizabeth Bay House / Thomas J. Lawlor
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Title:
The entrance to the cellars, Elizabeth Bay House / Thomas J. Lawlor
Creator:
Lawlor, Thomas Joseph, 1882-1960, photographer.
Date:
[1935?]
Format:
1 photoprint : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm.
Inscription:
One of 14 photographs of Elizabeth Bay House included in an album labelled : 'Burdekin House / Elizabeth Bay House / The Mint. Old Sydney / 1933-35'. This photograph captioned under the image: "Entrance, Wine Cellars, Elizabeth Bay House".
Subject:
Elizabeth Bay House (Elizabeth Bay, N.S.W.)
historic buildings
steps
cellars
Description:
Elizabeth Bay House faced an uncertain future in the 1930s. A subdivision in 1927 had led to the demolition of the kitchen wing and left the house stranded on a traffic island, tightly hemmed in all on all sides by Onslow Avenue. It became an artists' squat until, in July 1935, the property was leased as a venue for fashionable receptions and the artists were obliged to leave. The Elizabeth Bay House photographs in this album seem to have been taken soon after the departure of the squatters. The photos are notable for the complete absence of people and furniture.Elizabeth Bay House has un undercroft of two large and entirely separate cellars. To the north are the wine and spirit cellars, the domain of the butler. The cellars to the south contain a larder, dairy, and coal storage and were the preserve of different female servants under the watchful eye of the housekeeper. The photographer has mistakenly assumed that the cellars were only for wine storage.
Published in:
Insites no.32 Spring 2002 pp.4-5: "Tattered treasures" (no image)
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; photograph album: Thomas J. Lawlor
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
32622
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