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Port Adelaide [B 3701] • Artwork

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Summary

[General description] View looking across the Port River to Port buildings and shipping berthed at the wharf. In the foreground a fisherman mends his nets whilst a woman looks on. [On back of photograph] 'Port Adelaide 1848 / Reproduced from a a sketch by S.T. Gill, now held in the Art Gallery of S.A. acc. no. 0.646. The steamboat on the left is the Juno which first arrived in 1847 from Sydney. She was the first vessel from overseas to steam up the Port River. (The Courier and Corsair, 1840-1, arrived under sail and left under steam) From Mr. G.T. Saunders.' (Another hand) "the neg. is of the reserve copy which is far superior to this copy).

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Physical description

Photograph of artwork; 12.5 cm x 20 cm (print), 25.2 cm x 30.3 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1848

Artist

Gill, Samuel Thomas

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Juno (Ship)
Steamboats -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

15/04/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,216 x 1,987 pixels (6.4 MP)

Size

19.19 MB

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