Great Collins Street Looking East from Wesleyan Chapel, Melbourne, 1856, engraving, State Library Victoria

This depiction of Collins Street was included in the luxury publication Victoria illustrated, published exclusively in Australia by Sands and Kenny, and available as a Christmas gift to purchase in 1856. Gill’s images were sent to London to be professionally engraved by James Tingle, who on occasion tidied up Gill’s messy street scenes and modified the vegetation and skies to be more in keeping with English sensibilities.