Primary Artist

John Collier (1708–1786)

Title

And fashion here hath play'd her wildest pranks, In dressing Plato, Solander, and Banks.

Physical description

The original engraving by Thomas Sanders, was published as plate 20 1773. This impression is a photo-lithograph of the original republished in lithographic form in about 1850.

Source

Bobbin, Tim (Collier, John). 'Human Passions Delineated'. Manchester, 1773.

Page or Plate number

plate 20

Date made

1850

Place made

Manchester, England View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

printed upper right within boarder line, '20'.
printed lower left below image, 'J. Collier Invent'.
printed lower right below image, 'T. Sanders sculp'. printed lower centre below image, 'Printed and Published by John Heywood 143, Deansgate, Manchester

Matrix size

11.3 x 19.2 cm (printed image)

Support

cream paper

Support size

20.6 x 26.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Solander staring at each other in the foreground. Behind them is Plato seated at a desk reading a copy of his book of Dialogues.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

51626

Accession number

86.1495

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 9, 1985/86 (1986-06-17)

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Art period: Pre-European settlement, to 1778

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Collier, John. | (1708–1786) English | Male | artist

Sanders, Thomas. | (1740–1825) Male | print after

Last Updated

08 Sep 2025