1841 Melbourne Panoramic Drawing Russell Street The hotel on the left

The hotel on the left corner is W

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which was replaced in 1841 by a reportedly plain building designed by Robert Russell

The notes from the Museum of New Zealand website tell us that "This is the most famous of all American First World War posters

1841 Melbourne Panoramic Drawing Russell Street The hotel on the leftOne of the earliest panoramic drawings of Melbourne as it appeared in 1841, drawn from the original Scots' Church on the corner of Russell and Collins Streets. This 3 part image was engraved by Alfred Martin Ebsworth in 1889, and was published in the Supplement to "The Australasian Sketcher," April 18, 1889. This is based upon 3 panels from a 10 panel panorama sketched by Samuel Jackson (1807 76), architect of the first Scots' Church, drawing from its