Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: eating and drawing our way to Fitz, Roy and Polly

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

Fitzroy Library Exhibition 13 Nov 2020 to 31 Jan 2021:  Display Case 9

There is no end to eateries in Brunswick Street, but not many of them have an open fireplace like the Fitz to tempt cold sketchers on a rainy Melbourne morning. Opposite was, at one stage (sadly now gone) Attaboy Roy. It took us a while to realise we were drawing “Fitz – Roy”. The building that housed Brown and Scott’s Drapery in 1905 is now Polly Bar.

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Artwork in display case

Sign of The Fitz, 347 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Australia. Signed open edition fine art print, Helen Wilding, 2019.
Post lockdown lunch at The Fitz Cafe, 347 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Australia. Signed open edition fine art print, Helen Wilding, 2020.
Tahina, 362 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Australia. Signed open edition fine art print, Helen Wilding, 2019.

Gallery – history

Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: eating and drawing our way to Fitz, Roy and Polly
Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: eating and drawing our way to Fitz, Roy and Polly
Sketching Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: eating and drawing our way to Fitz, Roy and Polly