tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post5486712813221635843..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Major Nelson George's "Wapati"Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-51515678750131004382010-02-09T12:32:27.064+13:002010-02-09T12:32:27.064+13:00Hi Jayne. It was a practice now and then in the 19...Hi Jayne. It was a practice now and then in the 19th century for the draughtsmen drawing real estate sales maps for the auctioneers to include landmarks for buyers to see just whereabout their section was. The sale of Colonel Kenny's secions in Onehunga was a classic example, but not quite a perspective drawing on the standard of this one (and usual, because it may not have been Major George&Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-28508410202722632762010-02-09T12:25:17.905+13:002010-02-09T12:25:17.905+13:00That is a lovely little snpashot; I know you said ...That is a lovely little snpashot; I know you said you don't often come across these drawings in the plans but was this a practice of real estate agents to present property with existing buildings insitu like this?<br />Don't think I've seen anything like it in Oz.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851305238478213940noreply@blogger.com