Please identify this font displayed on North Sydney Boys High School

[Timothy Hui]

What is this font, displayed at the front of the school North Sydney Boys High School in Sydney, NSW, Australia

[Timothy Hui]

Please ignore the shadow

[Ralf Herrmann]

When was that created? Unless it was made recently (which I doubt), its probably not a font. 100 years ago fonts were just used for printing only. Letters on bigger signs, buildings, grave stones and so on were custom work. 

[Timothy Hui]

Yes, it is very old. I just need the closest font to the engraving as possible. 

[Riccardo Sartori]

Perhaps an artificially condensed Bookman or Century Old Style could fit the bill, or something in the same vein, like Cushing:

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