b'120739738GASH (ARTIST)A caricature of J.A. Panton, with the title An Aristocratic Beak in pen below.pen & ink on board, circa 1890s,42 x 24cm.also, another caricature (of an un-named top-hatted bearded gentleman carrying the sceptre of the Speaker) by the same artist. The image is of Matthew Henry Davies, who was the 5th Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1887 - 1892)and the same size. (2 items).Joseph Anderson Panton (1831 - 1913) was a magistrate at Heidelberg in Victoria, where he also mapped the Yarra Valley, naming Panton Hill. Pantons Gap where the road to Ben Cairn and Donna Buang branches from the Don Road near Healesville, derives its name from a small house he had there. He also named Mount Donna Buang which he first called Mount Acland but renamed it after learning the Aboriginal name. From Heidelberg, Panton was transferred to Geelong and moved to Melbourne as senior magistrate from 1874 to 1907. It is in his capacity as a Beak that he is depicted here.Regarding M.H.Davies: In January 1893 Davies was committed for trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud by means of a false balance sheet. The trial was delayed until May, at which point the attorney-general, Sir Bryan OLoghlen, withdrew the charges. Davies took ship to London, but on the orders of the new attorney-general, Isaac Isaacs, he was arrested in Colombo and brought back to Melbourne. After several trials, he was acquitted of the charges, but was declared bankrupt in 1894. He had personal debts of 280,000, and his companies total losses came to over 4 million one of the largest corporate defaults in Australian history.$300500739FREDERICK CUSEMERO TERRY (18271869)boating scene,watercolour,ex 738 signed lower right F.Terry18 x 37cm$1,5002,500'