Sujet

Testimonial presented to Capt. Fitzgerald, Ex-Governor of Western Australia, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Testimonial presented to Capt. Fitzgerald, Ex-Governor of Western Australia, 1857. Candelabrum made by 'Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, of New Bond-street'...The inscription upon the base of the subjoined candelabrum will tell everything which its pictorial representative has left unsaid: Presented to Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., R.N. [Royal Navy], by a portion of the Colonists of Western Australia, as a tribute of their esteem and respect, and in grateful acknowledgment of his zealous and upright exertions in promoting the interests of the Colony during a period of seven years' administration of the Government. August 18th, 1855'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857. Fitzgerald, Ex-Governor of Western Australia

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_243

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

7,3Mo (387,6Ko) / 10,9cm x 16,8cm / 1286 x 1986 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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