Primary Artist

Charles Rodius (1802–1860)

Title

The Attorney General [John Hubert Plunkett].

Source

Heads of the people. Sydney: Baker, 1847-48.

Page or Plate number

number 12, 3 July 1847,

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 4533

Date made

1847

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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)

Support

thin cream soft wove paper

Support size

27.4 x 22.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression, as issued

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.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

69474

Accession number

87.1648

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1987/88 (1987-10-01)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, October 1987.

Credit line

Purchased 1987

Country of context

Australia

Notes

John Hubert Plunkett (1802-1869) ADB

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

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013