Sir George Gipps

The painting shows Sir George Gipps who was governor of New South Wales for eight years from 1837. He had a close friendship with the settlement of Port Phillip's superintendant, Charles La Trobe, greatly improving the relationship between the two colonies.

 

Eden Upton Eddis, painting, created 1860.

 

Accession number: H1536

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection.

 

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