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Captain Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Sturt. Notes on the back of the photograph states " the original portrait is in the possession of the Australasian Pioneers' Club, Sydney to which body it was presented by Phillip W Lethbridge. The original is a crayon drawing. Vide letter from the Mitchell Library April 24, 1952" Under the portrait are the following words " Captain Sir Charles Sturt KCMG of 39th Regiment. Born about 1800....Died 1869. In 1828 discovered the Rivers Daring and Bogan and traced the Murrumbidgee to its source. In 1829 discovered Lake Alexandrina a great inland sea. 1844 Cooper's Creek. His discoveries virtually established South Australia. In 1839 Surveyor General Commissioner for Lands and in 1848 Colonial Secretary".
Tom Coward and Benjamin Pickworth Hunt
PORTRAIT: Police officer Tom Coward (left) and Benjamin Pickworth Hunt, Senior Inspector of Police standing with a bullion box from the 1852 Gold Escort. [Tom Coward's portrait, as a younger man in Police uniform, is available for viewing at State Library of Queensland website.]
Percy Baillie
PORTRAIT: Percy Baillie, Scotsman and history writer of the Port Lincoln area. Two adjacent portraits.
Mrs Frampton
PORTRAIT: Mrs. Frampton, an early settler in South Australia.
George Coutts Ligertwood
PORTRAIT: George Coutts Ligertwood, 15 October 1888 - 13 October 1967. A portrait taken during the Petrov Commission.
Vera Constance Bowman
PORTRAIT: Vera Constance Bowman, eldest daughter of Edmund Bowman and Annie Lewers Bowman, a studio portrait showing her with a toy bucket and spade.
Studio view of Keith Smith
PORTRAIT: Studio portrait of Keith Smith aged fifteen.
Studio view of Keith and Ross Smith
PORTRAIT: Studio portrait of Keith (left) and Ross Smith. One year after the view was taken the Smith family moved to Moffat in Scotland.
Neil Coutts Ligertwood
PORTRAIT: A portrait of Neil Coutts Ligertwood Q.C., Chief Justice District Court of South Australia, painting by Ian Hannaford.
A.E.V. Richardson
PORTRAIT: A portrait of Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson, a prominent plant virologist who worked for many years at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Urrbrae; artist not known.
Edith Wellsman
PORTRAIT: Portrait of Edith Wellsman, widow of Captain Thomas Wellsman, possibly painted by Andrew MacCormac.
Valmai Hankel
Colour photograph of a painting of Valmai Hankel, painted by George Aldridge. The portrait shows Valmai sitting in a cane chair with a rural backdrop. The portrait itself is leaning against a ladder in a field of stubble.
John Rymill Cakebread
Copy of a watercolour portrait of John Rymill Cakebread - 'this likeness was taken when he was 2 years and 6 months old. Born 5 March 1839'.
Hilda Lutzow & Florence Loveday
Portrait of Hilda Lutzow (right) and Florence Loveday, bridesmaids at the wedding of Albert Loveday and Frieda Lutzow at Port Adelaide Presbyterian Church, 16 April 1921.
Sir Thomas Buxton
Formal cabinet card portrait of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Governor of South Australia. This photo is housed in a display stand, with a matching portrait of his wife, Lady Victoria Buxton [to see this image do an Archival No. search on B 11116].
Dr Barbara Hardy
Portrait of Barbara Hardy AO, conservationist. The portrait was taken during Mrs Hardy's chairmanship of Landcare SA.
Sir Samuel and Lady Way
A portrait of Sir Samuel and Lady Way, signed by both underneath the image, and mounted in an ornate gilt frame. The portrait was a gift to the then Mayor and Mayoress of Glenelg as indicated by the inscription of the back: 'To The Mayor and Mayoress of Glenelg / with every good wish for the / new year / Marble Hill / 1st Jany 1899'. [The mayor at that time was J.M. Scott.]
Edward William Meredith
Ambrotype portrait of Edward William Meredith, companion piece to the portrait of his wife Emily. The same vase of flowers appears in both.
Portraits of members of the Board of Governors and Officers of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia
One of three albums containing portraits of members of the Board of Governors and Officers of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia. A first group of portraits was assembled in 1884-1886, and included 'gentlemen who have been Governors of the South Australian Institute from its establishment in 1856, and of the Public Library since 1884'. These were added to subsequently, with three volumes compiled to 1940. The caption for each photograph has the date of appointment or date of election to the Board of Governors. The contributors to the albums were asked upon submitting their photograph, to indicate the date of the photograph if possible. These dates of photographs have been shown in brackets.
Portraits of members of the Board of Governors and Officers of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia
One of three albums containing portraits of members of the Board of Governors and Officers of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia. A first group of portraits was assembled in 1884-1886, and included 'gentlemen who have been Governors of the South Australian Institute from its establishment in 1856, and of the Public Library since 1884'. These were added to subsequently, with three volumes compiled to 1940. The caption for each photograph has the date of appointment or date of election to the Board of Governors. The contributors to the albums were asked upon submitting their photograph, to indicate the date of the photograph if possible. These dates of photographs have been shown in brackets.
Portraits of members of the Board of Governors and Officers of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia
One of three albums containing portraits of members of the Board of Governors and Officers of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia. A first group of portraits was assembled in 1884-1886, and included 'gentlemen who have been Governors of the South Australian Institute from its establishment in 1856, and of the Public Library since 1884'. These were added to subsequently, with three volumes compiled to 1940. The caption for each photograph has the date of appointment or date of election to the Board of Governors. The contributors to the albums were asked upon submitting their photograph, to indicate the date of the photograph if possible. These dates of photographs have been shown in brackets.
Portrait of John Wylie Wauchope
Head and shoulders view of John Wylie Wauchope aged eighty one years.
Formal portrait of Miss Watson wearing a ball dress
Formal portrait of Miss Watson wearing a ball dress.
Alec Caird and a woman
Studio portrait of a man, standing beside a woman. The man is believed to be Alec Caird; the woman is not identified (possibly a sister?). This photo was acquired with B 73123, and both are framed in matching carved wooden frames.
Sir George Grey
Albumen cabinet card photograph of Sir George Grey sitting at a writing desk. He holds a pen poised above his writing, while books rest on a footstool at his side. The photograph is inscribed 'Sir Geo Grey' on the reverse, and is numbered 'No.74903' by the photographer. The rear of the photograph has 'Maull & Co. Photographers and Miniature Painters, 187 Piccadilly, and 62 Cheapside. London', and the company insignia printed on it.
Robert Kay memorial plaque
A photograph of a relief of Robert Kay, who was Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Institute and Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia 1859-1904. The photograph has faded, and the label on the back reads: "By special appointment to His Excellency the Governor. From E.A. Hunt, gilder, picture framer, and mount cutter from Artistic Framing Works, 30 Gawler Place, Adelaide". The original memorial plaque was created by Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), director of the School of Design, South Australian Institute, and the likeness may have been created as a plaster medallion after a model wax bust was first made. The plaque features a portrait of Robert Kay, seen in three-quarter view, wearing a coat and bow tie. The decorative border features leaves in an Art Nouveau style. The inscription reads at the top: 'Loyal and True', and in a scroll underneath the portrait: 'Robert Kay. Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Institute and (subsequently) Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia from 1st June 1859 until his death 24th April 1904.' The memorial plaque featured in an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 1 June 1909, which included Specimens of the Assay Offices such as dies for printing tokens, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the appointment of the late Robert Kay as secretary of the South Australian Institute. The memorial plaque was intended to hang in the library.
Samuel Green from St. Paul's Anglican Church, Port Adelaide
Portrait of Samuel Green. This image forms part of the photographic mosaic titled 'Old Choristers of St Paul's' which has portraits of eight individuals set into a mount. See SRG 94/A85/20/16 to view the full mosaic and B 7828 for the same image and more information about Samuel Green.
Papers of Herbert Wilhelm Sauer
Digital copies only of Herbert Sauer material comprising photographs, a postcard, a letter, in memoriam card and a medallion.
Portrait of Mary Thomas
Black and white photograph of a portrait of Mary Thomas, wife of Robert Thomas, believed to be by her daughter Francis. Mary and Robert were both colonists, coming to South Australia in 1836 aboard the 'Africaine'. They established the first business and newspaper, 'The South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'. The portrait portrays Mary as a young woman, and is very similar to the image which features in the front of the publication of Mary's diary 'The Diary and Letters of Mary Thomas', however certain aspects of the two images differ. The photograph is believed to be dated 1911 from a stamp on the envelope.
George Ernest Randal Alderson Senior
Portrait of Private George Ernest Randal Alderson Senior, No. 3843, of the 48th Battalion, 11 Reinforcements.