Mr Farquhar

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Mr Farquhar, the insurance salesman, must have delighted his Scottish employers when he painted for their Melbourne offices a patriotic transparency, showing the crowned lion of Scotland, in honour of a visit by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867.
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painter and insurance salesman, painted a transparency for the Northern Assurance Company’s Melbourne office in Collins Street to celebrate the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867. This transparency, executed by Farquhar for his Scottish-based employers, had the lion of Scotland surmounted by a crown as its central motif.

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Date written:
1992
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2011

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References [<ExternalResource: (1867), Age, November 27.>, <ExternalResource: (1867), Argus (supplement), November 27.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Callaway, A.>]