painter and signwriter, in partnership with Hughes, painted two transparencies to celebrate the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh at Melbourne in 1867. That for the tent and flag-maker Thomas Evans of Bourke Street was 22 × 12 feet (6.7 × 3.65 m) and depicted 'Neptune, drawn in a triumphal car by sea horses’ with Britannia on one side and 'a colossal figure of the Prince on the other’. Hickford and Hughes rearranged these motifs for their transparency on the Royal Saxon Hotel, Elizabeth Street. This time the Duke was the central figure and there was a view of the Galatea lying at anchor in the background; Britannia was on the left and Neptune’s sea-horse-powered car, with the addition of attendant dolphins, was on the right.
Hickford’s normal trade was signwriting. He worked from 83 Swanston Street, his private residence being in Sydney Road, Brunswick.
- Writers:
- Staff Writer
- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
