Edward La Trobe Bateman, Memorial of the Intercolonial exhibition, held at Melbourne, 1866–67, lithograph and ink on paper, State Library of Victoria.
Design reformer Owen Jones recognised the value of medieval, Asian and Middle Eastern principles of flat, non-figurative pattern design, and The grammar of ornament is full of examples. In this illuminated address, Bateman adheres to these principles with the elaborate border illumination in full colour and gilt, framing the interior text. It was presented to one of the exhibition’s commissioners, the Count of Castelnau.