Drawing - Various Port Melbourne locations, Brian Cleveland, Brian Cleveland, 1990s

Historical information

Brian Cleveland taught art to Swinburne students from the 1970s to 1990s and sketched and recorded iconic areas of the city that were scheduled to vanish or be seriously altered. The Port Melbourne drawings were predominantly done in the 1990s

Physical description

Seventy-two (72)) pencil drawings (some with watercolour washes) by Brian Cleveland. Sites include: Centenary Bridge (including demolition) ; ships ; Princes Pier ; Station Pier ; structures and cranes on piers ; cable tram sheds ; London Hotel ; foreshore views ; Beacons (leading lights) ; kiosks ; Missions to Seamen building: railway stations.

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