Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Victorian grandeur gives way to tough times for Fitzroy

by | Nov 14, 2020 | All posts, Drawing Brunswick Street

Fitzroy Library Exhibition 13 Nov 2020 to 31 Jan 2021:  Display Case 5

Fitzroy has been a place of constant change. The pink building crowned by birds in my drawing is almost unrecognisable unless you spot it next to Davies Drapers shop in 1861. I could see cracks which suggested a shapely curve over the windows when I was sketching, but couldn’t imagine what was missing. Sadly the beautiful draper’s shop on the corner has been torn down. What a loss.

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Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Victorian grandeur gives way to tough times for Fitzroy

Artwork in display case

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117 to 133 Brunswick Street Fitzroy street fronts. Signed open edition fine art print, Helen Wilding, 2020.
135 to 149 Brunswick Street Fitzroy street fronts. Signed open edition fine art print, Helen Wilding, 2020.

Gallery – local history

Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: Victorian grandeur gives way to tough times for Fitzroy