Summers, Charles (1825-78; English) Gustavus Vaughan Brooke [medallion] Medium and size unknown Acquired by 1880 Unidentified; location unknown This work and Summers (Charles) Gustavus Vaughan Brooke 1868 {1868} SLV [SC] both appeared separately in the 1880 NGV catalogue. Refs. NGV 1880, p.32 (under “Medallion Casts”)
Summers, Charles (1825-78; English) Sir Henry Barkly [medallion] Medium and size unknown Acquired by 1880 Unidentified; location unknown This work, possibly a plaster model for a profile medallion, and the same artist’s marble bust, Summers (Charles) Sir Henry Barkly 1864 {1865} SLV [SC], both appeared separately in the 1880 NGV catalogue. For the sitter, see linked entry.
Simonetti, Achille (1838-1900; Italian/Australian) Commodore James Goodenough [medallion] Medium and size unknown Presented by the sculptor (by 1880) Unidentified; location unknown Goodenough (1830-75) was appointed Commodore of the Royal Navy’s Australian station in Fiji in 1873. As the 1880 NGV catalogue puts it, he was “mortally wounded at Santa Cruz, by the Natives, 12th August 1875.” The
Summers, Charles (1825-78; English) Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition Medal 1866 Plaster, c.22 cm in diameter Acquired by 1880 Location unknown (possibly Museum Victoria, transferred from NGV 1976) [photo: detail of gilt plaster example held by Museum Victoria] The NGV’s 1880 catalogue of “Statues & Busts in Marble and Casts,” under “Medallion Casts,” lists Summers’ medal without providing
Thomas, Margaret (1843-1929; English) Charles Horsley, Musician [medallion] Medium and size unknown Acquired by 1880 Unidentified; location unknown This work is listed in the NGV’s 1880 catalogue under “Medallion Casts,” but only scanty details are provided, and the work no longer appears to be extant. It may have been a plaster model. Horsley (1822-76) played a
Wyon, Joseph Shepherd (1836-73; English) Melbourne Exhibition Medal 1854 Medium unknown, c.6.4 cm in diameter Donated by W.Brown, by 1861 Location unknown (possibly Museums Victoria) The 1854 Melbourne Exhibition was staged in a purpose-built structure in William Street (on the site where Melbourne’s Royal Mint was built later). On a much smaller scale, both the enterprise and
Summers, Charles (1825-78; English) Sir James McCulloch [bust] Marble, 95 x 70 x 39 cm Bequeathed by Lady McCulloch, 1904 State Library of Victoria (H 39668); transferred from NGV, 1943 McCulloch (1819-93) emigrated to Victoria from Scotland in 1852. A businessman and parliamentarian, he was Premier of Victoria at various times between 1863 and 1877. From