Lucien Henry, Public Park Fountain, Hippocampus and waratah, Watercolour over pencil, circa 1890. Henry designed this Islamic-style pleasure dome in the shape of a giant red waratah bloom. At its centre is a fountain. Copyright: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.	Lucien Henry, Wrought Iron and Enamelled Bronze Gate, Watercolour over pencil, 1889-91. Henry's arched gate proposed for the Botanic Gardens, formed by squaring a double circle, sprouts waratahs with rude rococo extravagance. Copyright: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

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View other Lucien Henry images:

• Visions of a Republic: The Work of Lucien Henry, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
• Glass plate negatives (14), 'Lucien Henry plaster sculptures', glass, c 1888-1891
• Water bottle, carved coconut / wood / ivory, 1878-1879
• Wall vase, cast in likeness of staghorn fern, lead alloy, 1880-1891
• 'La Baie du Mirroir, New Caledonia', oil on canvas, 1879
• Decorative panel, woman's head representing New Zealand, lead, 1888-1891
• Illustration, 'Sydney', for 'Australian Decorative Arts' book, grey monochrome wash on paper, 1889-1891
• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney: Waratah, 1887, oil on wood
• Graeme Plat installs a replica of the Lucien Henry ceiling of the former Hotel Australia.

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