"Medical College Melb University" ('New' Medical Building, 'Old Pathology')

Maker
Victor Ernest Cobb (b.1876, d.1945)
Date
1912
Description
Etching of the 'new' Medical School building. In 1885 a new building was erected for the Medical School, the Anatomy and Pathology Building, later nicknamed 'Old Pathology'. The architects were Reed Henderson and Stuart. The building originally housed the State morgue in the cellar at the north end of the building and the dissection room was on the first floor. The building is now called the Elisabeth Murdoch Building.
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Maker

Victor Ernest Cobb (b.1876, d.1945)

Date

1912

Medium

mounted etching and graphite

Measurements

27.8 x 21.7 cm (framed)
13.8 x 8.7 cm (image)

Accession Number

MHM2010.28

Credit line

Gift of Dr Colin Holden, 2010

Inscriptions

name/inscriptions ▫ within image: at ll cnr, 'VICTOR COBB/1918'; at lr cnr, 'MEDICAL COLLEGE/MELB. UNIVERSITY' ▫ 0 - Whole
maker's mark ▫ beneath image, at left: 'Victor Cobb' ▫ 0 - Whole

Object Type

artwork

Medical History Museum Category

Melbourne Medical School

Museum

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