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Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross. He has greying hair, beard and moustache and is facing left. He was an army officer, amateur horticulturalist and Member of the House of Assembly. He actively supported schemes to lay cable from England to Australia and for a transcontinental railway from Adelaide to Darwin. He was an enthusiastic advocate for South Australia's wine industry. Described as a 'model colonist' he was knighted in 1886 for his many achievements.
Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross in three quarter view, shown with short grey hair and a trimmed beard. He was an army officer, businessman and politician, his political career culminating in being Speaker at the House of Assembly from 1881-1887. He was knighted in 1886. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross / Died December 27, 1887'.
Rumbelow Family
Cabinet card portrait of the Rumbelow Family, a boating and fishing family residing in Victor Harbor, Malen and Mary Rumbelow with their adult children: Alice, Godfrey, Jane, Cain and Rose, seated: Malen junior, Malen, Mary, Henry and Grace. A researcher provided the following information: Cain Rumbelow would have been named after his uncle, Cain Jelliff, the husband of Alice Rumbelow, who died in 1877, eight months before Cain Rumbelow was born.
James George Russell
[General description] Three gentlemen pose for the photographer in a rather droll studio portrait. Mr. James George Russell stands on the left carrying a furled umbrella and smoking a pipe. Mr. W.W. Williams sits wearing a top hat and carrying a cane and Mr. W.F. Loutit, wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe, leans a little on the chair.
Robert Russell
Robert Russell, second mate and fisherman. Born Greyfriars, Scotland, husband of Elizabeth, father of four sons. Died 26 December, 1891. The portrait shows an old man dressed in black, including a black brimmed hat and sporting a white beard. He is seated in front of a seascape backdrop and is holding a walking stick.
Wolryche Ryan
Photographic portrait of Wolryche Ryan.
Archdeacon F. W. Samwell
[General description] The Anglican Archdeacon F.W. Samwell is looking straight at the camera in this head and upper body portrait. He is in middle age and balding and is wearing a clerical collar. He is sitting with his right hand resting on a small table, holding a pen. [On back of photograph] 'Archdeacon F.W. Samwell'.
John Stuart Sanders
Portrait of John Stuart Sanders.
James Scandrett
[General description] Studio portrait of James Scandrett of Kapunda, one of the proprietors of the Kapunda Herald newspaper from 1864 until his death in 1903. He is seated and has short hair, a trimmed greying beard and wears a dark three quarter length coat with light trousers.
Alfred Searcy
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Alfred Searcy, with grey hair beard and moustache, wearing a wing collar and tie, jacket and matching waistcoat. He was a customs officer, public servant, writer and commentator, writing extensively about his time serving in the Northern territory. [On back of photograph] 'Alfred Searcy'.
Alfred Searcy
Upper body portrait of Mr. Alfred Searcy, a 'man of many parts'. Journalist, Customs Officer (Adelaide and Palmerston), Clerk of Parliament, novelist, photographer, commentator and tireless promotor of the Northern Territory.
R. Searle
Opalotype portrait of R.Searle, J.P., with details emphasised with black and white overpainting.
James Shaw
James Shaw (1815-1881) South Australian artist. This is a photograph copied from a portrait painted in Adelaide in approximately 1875. "The Drifting Wreck" can be seen hanging on the wall" . Shaw moved to Adelaide in 1850 with his wife Janet Liddle Peterson. He was a Scottish painter, photographer, engraver, lithographer, surveyor and lawyer
John Banks Shepherdson
Tinted Ambrotype portrait of John Banks Shepherdson, with the buttons on his shirt and waistcoat, and a long chain hand-coloured in gold.
John Banks Shepherdson and Marianne Shepherdson
Daguerreotype portrait of John Banks Shepherdson with his first wife, Marianne (R), nee Craike, and an unidentified daughter (L). The girl is wearing a long dress with lacy drawers visible underneath, and wide lace cuffs at the ends of her three-quarter length sleeves. In one hand she is holding a small posy. John Shepherdson is wearing checked trousers with a vest and jacket and cravat, while his wife is wearing a lace bonnet and holding a posy of flowers in one hand. There is some colour tinting on the flowers and the ring on Marianne's left hand. Married on 6 January 1829 in Yorkshire, John and Marianne (also spelt Mary Anne) with 4 of their children arrived in South Australia aboard the Hartley on 20 October 1837. Marianne died on 29 December 1858 and is buried in the Mount Barker Cemetery. John is buried with his second wife, Sarah, in the Wallaroo Cemetery. John Banks Shepherdson opened a school in the Adelaide Parklands, became a magistrate, organist and lay preacher for the Anglican Church, farmer, postmaster and public servant.
Millicent Clara Short
[General description] Seated portrait of Millicent Clara Short, nee Phillips, wife of Bishop Augustus Short, wearing a voluminous skirt and shawl. She was Chairperson of a group of women including Mary Colton and Emily Clark who, in 1862, lobbied the government for funding a home for female servants who were temporarily unemployed or convalescing from illness. The home opened later that year and accommodated hundreds of women every year up until its closure c. 1895.
John Michael Skipper
[General description] Portrait of John Michael Skipper, artist and solicitor, seated and resting one hand on a desk. He came out to South Australia on the Africaine in 1836. [On back of photograph] John Michael Skipper / 1863 / Copied from Archives from photograph in posession of Mr. S.H. Skipper'.
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith
{General description] Head and shoulders portrait of the subject in three quarter view, wearing a full, neatly trimmed beard. He was a successful businessman, parliamentarian and philanthropist, knighted (KCMG) in 1888. After his death his house, the 'Acacias' on the corner of Portrush and Kensington Roads Marryattville, became Loreto Convent, later Loreto College. [On front of photograph] 'Sir Edwin Thomas Smith, M.L.C.'
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Sir Edwin Thomas Smith in three quarter view. He was a successful businessman and brewer who took part in municipal government and served as Mayor of Kensington and Norwood, later Mayor of Adelaide. Later in 1872 he entered the House of Assembly as the Member for East Torrens in which role he served until 1893, then he went to the Legislative Council as the Member for Southern Districts from 1894 until 1902. He was appointed KCMG in 1888.
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith
[General description] Portrait of Edwin Thomas Smith, Esq., M.P. as Mayor of Adelaide, wearing the fur trimmed robes and chain and seal of office. He served as Mayor of Kensington and Norwood, 1897-73 and had two stints of Mayor of Adelaide from 1879-81 and 1886-87. In this time he did much to improve Adelaide's parks and gardens. He was a successful brewer and businessman, and a popular M.P., also a generous benefactor who was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1888.
Mrs James Smith
[General description] This is a full length portrait of Mrs James (Christina) Smith, standing at a slight angle to the camera and resting one hand on a shelf. A Scottish Presbyterian missionary and teacher she did much work with the Booandik Aboriginies, eventually, in 1865, realising her dream of opening a school and home for local Aboriginal children in Mount Gambier. She wrote a treatise entitled 'The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines' recording the tribe's rites, songs and language and including biographies of converts.
Robert Barr Smith
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Barr Smith in seven eighths view. He was sole partner with Thomas Elder in the well known Adelaide firm Elder Smith & Co. and was director and shareholder of several pastoral, mining, Insurance companies and banks as well as the South Australian Company. He was an active philanthropist, giving large amounts to public institutions. He was greatly repected by all and is said to have refused a knighthood.
Johnnie Solomon
Portrait of Johnnie Solomon (image is featured in the book 'Celebrating a Century at Poonindie'). Poonindie was established as an Aboriginal mission in 1850 on the land of the Barngarla people
Joseph Samuel Solomon
[General description] Full length portrait of Joseph Samuel Solomon, standing in front of a drapery. He is wearing a uniform which is probably that of the Volunteer Cavalry and is carrying a sabre.
Judah Moss Solomon
[General description] Portrait of Judah Moss Solomon, seated wearing Mayoral robes. Auctioneer, alderman, mayor of Adelaide, M.P. in Upper and Lower Houses with a particular interest in Public Health. He was the chairman of the Destitute Board in 1877.
Vaiben Louis Solomon
[General description] This group portrait of six men includes a youthful Vaiben Louis Solomon, seated, on the left. He was a Member of the first Australian Commonwealth Parliament from 1901-1903 and 21st Premier of South Australia for a record short term of one week, 1 December to 8 December 1899.
Vaiben Louis Solomon
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of the subject, facing slightly to the right. He is wearing a spade beard and moustache. Born into an orthodox Jewish family in Adelaide, he was a businessman with a wide variety of interests. He owned and edited the 'Northern Territory Times and Gazette' and later went into politics. He was South Australia's shortest serving Premier, from 1st to 8th December, 1899. [On back of photograph] 'Vaiben Louis Solomon'.
Sir William Sowden
Head and upper body portrait of Sir William Sowden, seated. He has grey hair and a moustache and wears a dark jacket and waistcoat, light trousers and collar and tie.He was a journalist and editor of the'Register' newspaper, also a keen traveller and writer of travel books. [On front of photograph] 'Yours faithfully W.J. Sowden/ Adelaide 1926'.
Catherine Helen Spence and Helen Brodie Spence
[General description] Portrait of the two ladies shows Miss Spence standing with her mother seated. Both are wearing full Victorian dress with caps. [On back of photograph] 'Catherine Helen Spence and her mother Helen Brodie Spence / Estate late L.C.E. Gee'.
Robert William Spence
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Robert William Spence, Archbishop of Adelaide, in three quarter view. He is clean shaven and has steel rimmed glasses. He is wearing a cape and biretta. [On back of photograph] 'Most Rev. Robert William Spence, O.P., D.D. Born in Cork (Ireland) 1860. Ordained priest 1882. Consecrated Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide 1914. Succeeded to the See of Adelaide July 6th, 1915.