Melbourne, Bank Place, 1880, watercolour, State Library of New South Wales

Off Collins Street in central Melbourne, Bank Place hasn’t changed substantially since Gill painted it in 1880, a few months before his death. The Mitre Tavern, which Gill frequented, is still there today, as is the stately building nearby, now occupied by the Savage Club. Gill shows a bustling thoroughfare with dogs and horses, the ubiquitous newspaper boy, and a mixture of different classes of society.