NRS-20454 | Illuminated album presented by Municipal Association of New South Wales

The series is an illuminated album presented to Lord Carrington by the Municipal Association of New South Wales on 30 October 1890.The album contains a metal shield on the cover which reads 'To Lord Carrington presented by the Municipal Association of New South Wales'. The dimensions of the album are 560mm x 450mm x 20mm featuring tooled full leather bindings, gilt-edged pages, and containing cloth-hinged leaves. The pages consist of an illuminated address and illustrations with the inscription of Charles Turner at the bottom of the page.The Evening News on 31 October 1890 describes the presentation and description of the album: 'Yesterday the members of the committee of the New South Wales Municipal Association waited upon Lord Carrington at Government House and presented the illuminated address which it was resolved at the recent annual session should be presented to his Excellency. The members present were the Mayor of Sydney (president), Messrs. W. A. Hutchinson and J. Graham (vice presidents), W. H. Simpson (treasurer), E. Scholes, C. Hellmrich, T. J. Dickson, T. Colls, M.L.A., W. M. Burns, J. Wheeler, M.L.A., C. Jesson, and F. A. Morgan (secretary). The address, which is in album form, may truly be described as a work of art, and will be admitted by those who see it in England as a proof of what our colonial artists are capable of. There are four pages of the address the first two containing views of Sydney Town Hall and Government House, his Excellency's coat of arms, as well as that of the city of Sydney, and a profusion of native flora, conspicuous being the flannel daisy in compliment to Lady Carrington's well-known partiality for that beautiful flower. The other pages have views of the Glen Innes, Petersham, and Leichhardt Town Halls, the Vice-regal residence at Moss Yale, the splendid steamship Orizaba, by which his Excellency will voyage to his home, several glimpses of colonial woodland scenery, including the Bulli Pass, plentifully surrounded and interspersed with ferns, waratahs, and native flowers, the colours being most admirably blended, and the whole reflecting the greatest credit upon the artist, Mr. Charles Turner, who, considering that he had but very short notice of the committee's requirements, has turned out a work that will, we feel certain, be prized by Lord Carrington, and will do honor to the colony wherever exhibited. The deputation were received in the red drawing-room, and the Mayor having handed the Governor the address, and expressed the pleasure the deputation felt in presenting it to her Majesty's representative, Lord Carrington expressed himself delighted with the present, and the deputation withdrew.' (1)Endnote1. 1890 'The Municipal Association.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 31 October 1890, p. 5.

本系列为1890年10月30日由新南威尔士市政协会（Municipal Association of New South Wales）赠送给卡林顿勋爵（Lord Carrington）的彩绘烫金相册。该相册封面设有金属铭牌，铭文为"赠卡林顿勋爵，新南威尔士市政协会敬赠"。其尺寸为560mm×450mm×20mm，采用全皮烫压装帧，书页刷金，并配有布面铰链式插页。内页包含彩绘致辞与插画，每页底部均标注有艺术家查尔斯·特纳（Charles Turner）的署名。

1890年10月31日的《悉尼晚间新闻报》（Evening News）对该相册的赠送仪式与细节进行了如下报道："昨日，新南威尔士市政协会委员会成员前往政府府邸拜会卡林顿勋爵，并呈上经近期年度会议决议需敬赠给阁下的彩绘致辞册。到场委员包括悉尼市长（协会主席）、W·A·哈钦森先生与J·格雷厄姆先生（副主席）、W·H·辛普森先生（司库）、E·斯科尔斯、C·赫尔姆里希、T·J·迪克森、T·科尔斯（立法议会议员）、W·M·伯恩斯、J·惠勒（立法议会议员）、C·杰逊以及F·A·摩根先生（秘书）。这本以相册形式呈现的致辞册堪称艺术珍品，赴英参观过它的人士均会认可，它足以证明澳大利亚殖民地艺术家的创作实力。致辞册共四页，前两页绘有悉尼市政厅与政府府邸的景致、阁下与悉尼市的纹章，以及大量本土植物景观；其中尤为醒目的是绒毡雏菊（flannel daisy），以此致敬卡林顿夫人对这款美丽花卉的喜爱。其余两页则涵盖了格兰因内斯、彼得舍姆及莱卡特市政厅的景致、总督官邸莫斯耶尔（Moss Yale）、阁下即将搭乘返乡的豪华蒸汽船"奥里扎巴号"（Orizaba），以及数幅殖民地林地景观速写，包括布里山口（Bulli Pass）——周边遍布蕨类、红花银桦（waratahs）与本土花卉，色彩搭配和谐精妙。整幅作品尽显艺术家查尔斯·特纳先生的精湛技艺：考虑到他仅收到极短的创作筹备时限，仍完成了这件足以令卡林顿勋爵珍视、且无论在何处展出都能为殖民地赢得荣光的佳作。赠礼代表团在红色客厅受到接见，悉尼市长将致辞册递交给总督，并表达了代表团向女王陛下代表赠送此件礼品的欣喜之情，卡林顿勋爵对这份赠礼表示满意，随后代表团告辞。"

（1）尾注1：1890年，《市政协会》，载于《新南威尔士悉尼晚间新闻报》，1890年10月31日，第5版。