painter, executed a 12 × 8 foot (3.65 × 2.43 m) transparency for the façade of Gould & Martin’s chemist’s shop in Collins Street, Melbourne, on the occasion of the Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to the city in November 1867. The painting represented the Prince 'with his feet resting on a globe, two sailors on one side and two Australian natives on the other, with the arms of the city of Edinburgh at one end and the Victorian arms at the other; one native leans on a spear, and the other holds a boomerang. The transparency bears the legend “King of Australia”. Surrounding all is some very neat drapery’. The artist was possibly William J. Marsh of Marsh & Co., (house) painters and paperhangers of 200 Little Collins Street, East Melbourne.
- Writers:
- Staff Writer
- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
