![Michael Carver, photographer. {Bust of G.V. Brooke in north rotunda of the Cowen Gallery}. 2005. State Library of Victoria, Photographic Unit. The Shakespearean actor Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (1818–1866) was popular in the Australian colonies where he toured 1855–1861. His final and greatest performance was when he remained on the sinking ship London, which was bringing him back to Melbourne, his last words reportedly being 'Remember me to my friends in Melbourne'. The marble bust by Charles Summers, a gift of his friends to the Melbourne Public Library, was unveiled in the gallery of art on 29 December 1868. [bust]](latrobe-75-004a.jpg)
Michael Carver, photographer. {Bust of G.V. Brooke in north rotunda of the Cowen Gallery}. 2005. State Library of Victoria, Photographic Unit. The Shakespearean actor Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (1818–1866) was popular in the Australian colonies where he toured 1855–1861. His final and greatest performance was when he remained on the sinking ship London, which was bringing him back to Melbourne, his last words reportedly being “Remember me to my friends in Melbourne'. The marble bust by Charles Summers, a gift of his friends to the Melbourne Public Library, was unveiled in the gallery of art on 29 December 1868.
