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Banner - Operative Masons & Bricklayers of South Australia Reg. No: SH 880262

Banner for Operative Masons & Bricklayers of South Australia

Summary:: Silk banner painted by G S Hislop of Adelaide for the Operative Masons & Bricklayers of South Australia.
Description:: Large painted banner in extremely poor condition. Blue dyed silk faille constructed with 7 horizontal fabric lengths, machine sewn French seams. Red trim.
Recto: Large architectural style design set in an ethereal sky scape with allegorical figures surmounting and within architectural forms. Framed detailed tableaus on two levels describe ideology, skills and attributes of the union. Large tablet centre bottom holds lettering. Signed and date lower right hand corner.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	4290 mm (Height), 3050 mm (Width)

More information

Tagged with:	trade unions, working life
Themes this item is part of:	Victorian Trade Union Banners: a proud tradition - Origins, Victorian Trade Union Banners: a proud tradition - Imagery, Victorian Trade Union Banners: a proud tradition - The Banners, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection
Primary Classification:	TRADE UNIONS
Secondary Classification:	Building & Construction
Tertiary Classification:	banners
Inscriptions:	Recto: UNITED WE STAND/ DIVIDED WE FALL; JUSTICE/ ART/ TRUTH; EVERY HOUSE IS BUILT BY SOME MAN BUT HE THAT BUILDS ALL THINGS IS GOD/ HEBREWS/ CH. 111. VER. IV; IN GOD IS ALL OUR TRUST; BRICKLAYING/ MOULDING BRICKS/ GAUGING BRICKS; INDUSTRY/ BENEVOLENT/ ?TENS?/ FRIENDS/ ?; FREE TRADE HALL/ ?/ LAN?; LET US MAKE BRICK AND/ BURN THEM THOROUGHLY/ AND THEY HAD BRICK FOR/ STONE AND SLIME/ HAD THEY FOR MORTAR; LET US BUILD US A CITY/ AND A TOWER WHOSE TOP/ MAY REACH HEAVEN/ AND LET US TAKE/ A NAME GEN XI. B. 4; INDUSTRY/ OPERATIVE/ BRICKLAYERS/ MASON/ PEACE/ OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA/ MANCHESTER/ LIVERPOOL; G? S. HISLOP ARTIST/ ...PLEMAN ST/ ADELAIDE
Artist:	G Hislop, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Commissioned By:	Operative Masons & Bricklayers of South Australia, Australia

Comments

Dell Paton Posted on 11 Jul 2011 3:34 PM

Hello, G.S.Hislop or George Smith Hislop of Adelaide was my gr grandfather and had reputedly worked in Adelaide Government House attending to their paintings etc. Do you have any record of this . I have much information and a photo of George if you would like it . Thank you for allowing me to see the second item that was part of my gr grandfather's work Dell Paton