Summers, Charles (1825-78; English)
Sir James McCulloch [bust]
Marble, 95 x 70 x 39 cm
Bequeathed by Lady McCulloch, 1904
State Library of Victoria (H 39668); transferred from NGV, 1943
McCulloch (1819-93) emigrated to Victoria from Scotland in 1852. A businessman and parliamentarian, he was Premier of Victoria at various times between 1863 and 1877. From 1870 to 1886, he was also a Trustee of the Melbourne Public Library and the National Gallery of Victoria. He returned to England in 1886.
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Not listed in AR 1904 or NGV 1905
See SLV catalogue (details as above; not illustrated). From 2003 to 2018, this bust was exhibited in the State LIbrary’s Cowan Gallery
For McCulloch, see http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcculloch-sir-james-4075 (biography by Geoffrey Bartlett; first published in ADB vol.5, 1974)