eHive Object Details

Name/TitleStatue of Marquis of Linlithgow, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, c. 1920

About this objectA bronze equestrian statue of Marquis of Linlithgow on a granite pedestal. Designed by William Birnie Rhind and unveiled in 1911.

Inscription on pedestal:
THE / MARQUIS OF LINLITHGOW / P.C., K.T., C.C.M.C., G.C.V.D., / FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL / OF AUSTRALIA / 1901-02 / GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA / 1889-1895

John Adrian Lewis Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun, arrived in Australia to serve as the governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1895. In 1901 he became Australia's first governor-general but resigned a year later in 1902 when he was made Marquis of Linlithgow. [source: City of Melbourne. Melbourne Collection]

One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.

MakerGunn's Slides (Firm)

Maker RoleSlide Maker

Inscription and MarksBase of Slide: On St. Kilda Road
Mount: 1st G.G. Statue opp. Art Centre / Botanical Gardens [sic] / Selby Collection

Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm

Period1910-1920

Object TypeGlass slide

Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956

Subject and Association KeywordsStatues

Subject and Association KeywordsGovernors

Subject and Association KeywordsSt Kilda Road (Melbourne, Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsHopetoun, John Hope, Earl of, 1860-1908

Named CollectionImages collection

Object numberGS-G-12

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