Model apple, 'Moss Incomparable', wax, modelled at Sydney Technical College, probably painted by Charles Toms, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900

The former Main College Block building of the Sydney Technical College was designed by William E Kemp in the American Romanesque style.  The large three-storeyed brick building was built in 1891 and is decorated with sandstone and terracotta tiles.  The building is symmetrically designed with a central pedimented bay.  The portico, depicted in this image, is colonnaded with polished columns supporting sandstone arches.  The interior includes Art Nouveau joinery and leadlighting.  The former Commercial High School building was also designed by William E Kemp in Romanesque style.  The two-storeyed brick building was built in 1891 and the facades are decorated with sandstone carved plaques, string courses and copings.  The No. 3 building, formerly part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences was completed in 1892.  It was also designed by William E Kemp and replaced an earlier building which was destroyed by fire.  Its style is also American Romensque with a rusticated sandstone base, square terra-cotta tiles to spandrels and gables, sandstone string courses, lintels and corner columns and a slate roof.
These three buildings are listed on the Register of the National Estate
Souce - The Heritage of Australia, The Illustrated Register of the National Estate, The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1981

Sydney Technical College

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Botanical model maker, Sydney Technical College, Australia, active c.1900

Toms, Charles

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D6423 Model apple, 'Moss Incomparable', wax / paper / thread / possibly wood / possibly plaster, modelled at Sydney Technical College, probably painted by Charles Toms, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900

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Model of a 'Moss Incomparable' apple

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