Giclee, Henn & Co, Architecture, Adelaide, South Australia, Rundle St, Beehive Corner

Archival Limited Edition Giclee Inkjet technique after the original lithograph by Louis Henn & Co from 1882-1884.

The original scenes may have been sketched/painted by Louis Henn and the original lithograph (1882-84) may have been Frederick Sears, well traveled character with an interesting future after his stay in the free settler colony of South Australia.

Size of image = 32.5cm x 24.5cm ( 13 x 9 2/3 inch)

Limited Edition Issued with /200 with Certificate

Rundle Street, Adelaide

Corners of Rundle Street and King William Street a major shopping precinct (now a mall) in the city of Adelaide.

On the left is the famous "Bee-hive Corner", prior to the new gothic facade was added in 1895 . A Haberdasher held the coveted corner lease up until 1915. In May 1915 Alfred Haigh having moved next door at number 34 King William Rd. He was soon to take up the financial challenge to claim the high profile position becoming Haigh’s Chocolate Depot c.1916. He had purchased the business, contents, recipes of Carl Stratmann, known as the first confectioner of Adelaide. Haigh flourished after taking that gamble, bought the location which has remained the company flagship to the present. The opposite corner is known as the Waterhouse Chambers. It was built by a highly successful grocer Thomas Greaves Waterhouse who was an early investor in the Burra Copper mine. After the Monster Mine was discovered in 1845 the wealth was invested by fortunate individuals in city development and philanthropic endeavours - this is one of those outcomes.  A century later this location became home to a rival chocolatier,  Darrel Lee Chocolates.

Number 34 King William Rd had been occupied by Carl Stratmann since 1913, but the hanging of the German Flag in protest of the German male interment, coinciding with the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915, resulted in Stratmann selling the business, machinery, recipes and patents to Haigh... See blog-post  COLONIAL GERMAN IMMIGRATION, GALLIPOLI & ADELAIDE CONFECTIONERY