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The Australian Commonwealth (Henry Stafford Northcote)

1904
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (lithographer) and Vanity Fair Magazine (publisher)

from the series ‘Vanity Fair’
chromolithograph on paper (sheet: 37.6 cm x 23.0 cm)
The Australian Commonwealth (Henry Stafford Northcote)

Henry Stafford Northcote, Baron Northcote of Exeter (1846-1911), governor general, was educated at Eton and Oxford and joined the Foreign Office in his early twenties. He became a Conservative Party MP in the 1880s and served as Governor of Bombay (1899-1903) before being appointed governor-general of Australia in 1904. Northcote travelled extensively in Australia during his term as Governor General, which ended in 1908.

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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Artist and subject

Sir Leslie Ward (age 53 in 1904)

Vincent Brooks, Day & Son

Vanity Fair Magazine

Henry Stafford Northcote (age 58 in 1904)

Subject professions

Government and leadership

Donated by

Ronald Walker (23 portraits)

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