Primary Artist

Charles Rodius (1802–1860)

Title

The Attorney General [John Hubert Plunkett].

Date made

1847

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 4533

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

chalk-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

14.8 x 11.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

Lithographic profile portrait of John Plunkett (1802-1869), Attorney-General of New South Wales (1836-1866) and politician. He prosecuted the colonists who murdered 28 Aboriginals in the Myall Creek Massacre of 1838. Seven colonists were convicted and hanged.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

69474

Creators

Rodius, Charles. | (1802–1860) Australian | German | Male | artist

Baker, William. | (1806–1857) Australian | Irish | Male | printer

Baker, William. | (1806–1857) Australian | Irish | Male | publisher