Primary Artist

Tom Durkin (1853–1900)

Title

A chief secretary [The Hon. James Goodall Francis].

Source

Masks and faces, an albumn of 36 lithographed caricatures, Melbourne: Weekly Times, 1873-1875

Page or Plate number

Plate 15

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

April 25 1874 (imprint)

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two (black image, buff tint)

Text printed from matrix

printed upper right above image in black ink, 'April 25, 1874'.
printed upper centre above image in black ink, 'THE WEEKLY TIMES.'.
printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'MASKS & FACES. No. 15. - A CHIEF SECRETARY. / Blunt. But Honest!' '

Edition information

print-run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Printed ephemera: Newspaper supplement

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

152292

Creators

Durkin, Tom. | (1853–1900) Male | artist

Last Updated

24 May 2026