Collection Online
Travelling desk
Medium
Red Cedar (Toona ciliata) Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), Huon Pine (Largarostrobus franklinii), Myall (Acacia pendula), and other timbers, silver
Measurements
20.3 × 55.9 × 30.7 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
engraved in silver plate inside box: Presented / to / CAPTN PASLEY R.E. / late Inspector General of / Public Works Victoria / by the Officers of that department as a memorial of / the high respect and esteem in which he / has ever been held be them / Melbourne Decr 1860 / FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE JUVASIT
Accession Number
431-D5
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1962
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Writing box.