Pre-Felton works bequeathed by Bromby: * Koekkoek Unlading Fishing Smacks {1889} Loc? [PA] * Raphael [attrib.] Head of St John {1889} Loc? [PA] Unknown (17C Italian?) after Reni Repentance of St Peter {1889} NGV [PA] After an earlier career as both clergyman and teacher, Bromby migrated to Melbourne in 1857 to become the first headmaster of
Works donated to the pre-Felton collection by Goold * Unknown (19C Italian?) Italian Boy and Cat {1867} Loc? [PA] * Unknown (19C Italian?) Martyrdom of St Sebastian {1867} Loc? [PA] Goold was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Melbourne (1848-74) and then Archbishop of Melbourne (1874-86). He was instrumental in the commencement of building work on
Works after Canova listed in this catalogue * Canova [after] Head of Christ {by 1865} Loc? [SC] * Canova [after] Two Lions {by 1865} Loc? [SC] * Canova [attrib.] Eve {1885} Loc? [SC] None of the works listed is extant; it seems most unlikely that any of them was original. The pre-Felton Melbourne collection also included plaster
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822; Italian) [after] Head of Christ Bronze relief Purchased by 1865 Unidentified; location unknown This work was listed, under bronzes, in the 1865 NGV catalogue, and was still catalogued by the NGV in 1943. However, there do not appear to be any reproductions of it. Perhaps it was based on the head of