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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  662
• Lot Description:
  George Henry Jenkins
  (1814-1914)
  Victoria
  A Short History and Description of the Parliament House, Melbourne, Prepared at the request of the Royal Commission on the Parliament Buildings, by Geo. H. Jenkins. [John Ferres, Melbourne, 1886]. Includes 6 albumen photographs (20 x 15 cm) plus 2 plates. Scarce leather-bound edition with ornate gold embossing and titles. Presentation copy to Robert Harper Esquire, M.P. signed by the editor.
• Notes:
  Robert Harper (1842 – 1919) was born in Glasgow, Scotland, educated at Glasgow Academy and migrated to Australia in 1856, becoming a tea and coffee merchant and a pastoralist. In 1879, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for West Bourke; he was defeated in 1880, but in 1882 returned to the Assembly as the member for East Bourke. He was defeated again in 1889, but was returned as member for East Bourke 1891-97. In the first federal election in 1901, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Protectionist member for Mernda. He joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party when it was formed out of the fusion of the Protectionists and the Anti-Socialists. Harper’s seat of Mernda was abolished in 1913, and he retired.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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