Oil on composition board, 54.5 x 74cm (image), 71 x 91.5cm (frame). Signed ‘W. Baker’ at lower right, titled and dated on reverse. Some wear to frame. Available for local pickup, otherwise courier to be arranged and paid for by bidder.
At the time of the work’s creation, Baker was based at Moorooka, Qld.
The Bellevue Hotel was built in 1885-6, and served as Brisbane’s premier hotel well into the 20th century. Once situated on the western corner of George and Alice Streets, the hotel is now recognised as a Queensland heritage icon and an important part of state’s social and architectural history, despite its much opposed demolition in 1979.
