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

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.

Date made

1850

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

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

Matrix size

11.3 x 19.2 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

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

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.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

51626

Creators

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

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

Last Updated

09 Sep 2025

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 86.1495

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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