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The Governor and staff at the Adelaide Gaol [B 17790] • Artwork

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Summary

Governor and staff at Adelaide Gaol; watercolour showing the courtyard of the Adelaide Gaol, with the Governor (W. B. Ashton), his son (A. G. Ashton as a boy) and staff.

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Physical description

Artwork (watercolour); 37.4 cm x 46 cm (painting), 52 cm x 62 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1850

Artist

Glover, H

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Ashton, Albert Gawler, 1841-1942
Ashton, William Baker, 1800-1854
Adelaide Gaol (S.A.)
Prisons -- South Australia -- Officials and employees
Historic buildings -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Jails -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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General notes

See also 'Visions of Adelaide 1836-1886' exhibition catalogue by Tracey Lock-Weir, Art Gallery of South Australia, Thames and Hudson, Victoria, 2005.

Henry Heath (Harry) Glover, ca.1810-1858, no relation to artist John Glover.

Historical information

Glover died on 2 March 1858 aged 48 at Adelaide, South Australia. He was a painter and lithographer in England then victualler and publican in South Australia. The Governor's young son, A. G. Ashton or Albert Gawler Ashton, was born (to quote his father) 'in the cottage behind Government House' on 4 February 1841 and christened at Trinity Church on 1 April 1841. He is said to have been his father's constant companion. Until his death the painting hung in A. G. Ashton's home and he told his children that it was he who was portrayed with his father. William Baker Ashton's own record of his children can be found in his private papers [PRG 83] and Albert's christening is recorded in Trinity Church records.

Digitisation information

Date

19/07/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,592 x 4,536 pixels (25.4 MP)

Size

76.13 MB

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