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William Baker Ashton [B 3142] • Artwork

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Summary

[General description] Hand tinted pen and ink drawing of William Baker Ashton, late Governor of Her Majesty's Gaol in Adelaide. Mr Ashton appears to be a rotund gentleman wearing a waistcoat around his ample girth. He supports himself on a knobbly walking stick. [On back of photograph] Aston, William Baker. About 1850. Signed 'H. Glover' in bottom left corner.

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Physical description

Artwork (pen and watercolour); 25.2 cm x17.7 cm (painting), 55.8 cm x 40.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1850

Artist

Glover, H

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Ashton, William Baker, 1800-1854
Prisons -- South Australia -- Officials and employees

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Digitisation information

Date

21/04/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,147 x 3,113 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

20.08 MB

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