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Portraits of Surveyor Generals of South Australia
A collection of ten photographic portraits (two are photographic copies of artworks) collated in the Government Photolithographic Department. The portraits are of the first ten Surveyor Generals in South Australia: Willam Light, Charles Sturt, E.C. Frome, Sir Arthur Freeling, George Goyder, William Strawbridge, Edwin M. Smith, N.W. Pethick, T.E. Day and J.H. McNamara.
Captain Hahn
Portrait of Captain Dirk Meinerts Hahn painted by Hugo Carstensen. Framed in black moulded oval wooden frame.
Captain Thomas Lipson
Watercolour portrait of Captain Thomas Lipson, first collector of customs, naval officer and harbor master of South Australia. This has been mounted in the centre of a board, with an anchor and flag motif (centre top), and a biographical timeline for Lipson on either side of the portrait.
G.W. Chinner
Self-portrait in watercolour by George Williams Chinner, painted in 1845. Signed 'GC 1845' in pencil at bottom right corner. This may have been painted during the voyage of the 'Templar' to South Australia.
William Wills
Drawing of William (Bill) Wills by artist Ivor Hele. This was a preparatory sketch for an oil painting portrait, done at Aldinga, South Australia. Sepia conte drawing on paper, with charcoal highlights. Signed 'Ivor Hele / 69' in charcoal on lower right.
Thomas Caterer
Portrait of Thomas Caterer, headmaster of Norwood and Semaphore Grammar Schools.
Captain Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders. Portrait painted by Antoine Toussaint de Chazal (1770-1854) during Flinder's captivity in Ile de France in 1808. Ile de France (now Mauritius) was the home of planter de Chazal. He was an amateur painter and is known for his portrait of Royal Navy captain Matthew Flinders, painted in 1806-07
Jacob Montefiore
Jacob Montefiore, company director, free trade politician, general merchant, grazier, Jewish community leader, Member of the Upper House, playwright, shipping agent. The plaque attached to this portrait states "Portrait of Jacob Montefiore Esq. JP. FRGS. Sole Surviving Commissioner for the Colony of South Australia. Painted for the Art Gallery of Adelaide".
Catherine Helen Spence
Miniature portrait in oils of Catherine Helen Spence, women's rights agitator and writer, 1825-1910. Painted from B 9881. Catherine is also remembered as a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and Georgist (equal rights for all and special privileges for none). Her life work was devoted to the raising of awareness and improving the lot of women and children. Although she never married she successively raised three families of orphaned children. She aimed to have destitute children removed from the asylum and into approved families. She represented minorities which she considered almost more important than that of woman suffrage
Police Inspector Henry Alford
PORTRAIT: Police Inspector Henry Alford: an oil painting, artist unknown.
Neil Coutts Ligertwood
PORTRAIT: A portrait of Neil Coutts Ligertwood Q.C., Chief Justice District Court of South Australia, painting by Ian Hannaford.
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'.
T. Burr
Watercolour portrait of a young man, painted by an unknown artist in 1833. Very faint pencil notes on the verso read 'T Burr [indecipherable] July 26th 1833 / Harios alet artes(?)'. Possibly Thomas Burr, the Deputy Surveyor General.
Portrait of Janine Haines
Pencil and charcoal drawing on paper depicting a portrait of Janine Haines.
Portrait of G.W.Goyder
Felt pen and goauche portrait drawing of George W. Goyder by Miss J.Eaden. Signed by the artist and dated 1963. The drawing was used to illustrate a printed article by H.A.Lindsay.
Portrait of Joseph Eldin Moulden
Portrait in oils by S. Solomon, of Joseph Eldin Moulden (known as J. Eldin Moulden). Canvas and stretcher prepared by Winsor and Newton, 38 Rathbone Street, London.
Portrait of Shirley Keene
Portrait drawing of a woman, titled 'Portrait of Shirley Keene'. Signed 'Ruth Tuck'.
Ben Payne
Ink sketch with watercolour wash of a man on a horse with a dog running beside it. Inscription on the artwork reads 'Ben Payne, known as 'The Admiral', first runner of The Register newspaper in the early days of the colony'. [A 'runner' was a boy employed to deliver the newspaper after it was printed.] Another notation reads 'By F.J. Cox, from a sketch by S.T. Gill'. A (much) later note on the back of the painting reads 'an advertisement in 'The Register' of 9 December 1848 (p.1c) suggests that the runner's name was Harry Paine'.
Captain Adelaide
Silk screen print of Don Dunstan by Nigel Murray-Harvey, 27/50. The subject is shown dressed in the style of Superman, with the piping shrike state emblem on his chest, his belt buckle with 'SA', and wearing a police headband which alludes to the Dunstan government's sacking of Police Commissioner Harold Salisbury in 1978 (from notes by the artist). Screen-print, signed and dated by artist.
Colonel William Light
Colonel William Light [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/3] On back of artwork "Colonel William Light. From a painting presented to the City of Adelaide Corporation in 1877 by Colonel George Palmer'. Colonel William Light was a British Colonial Official and Surveyor-General who chose the location and designed the lay-out of Adelaide.
James Brook
Portrait (damaged) of James Brook of 'Way and Brook', solicitors. James Brook of Unley Park was born in Edinburgh January 12, 1840. He arrived in South Australia in 1853 and is remembered as a solicitor of integrity and editor of the first volume of the South Australian Law Reports
Sir James Hurtle Fisher
[General description] Photographic copy of an oil painting portrait of Sir James Hurtle Fisher (Resident Commissioner of South Australia ca.1835). He is depicted against a dark background, holding a sheaf of papers in one hand.
George Strickland Kingston
[General description] Old colonist, politician, architect and much more, Sir George Kingston is depicted standing in three quarter view wearing a frock coat. He carries a cane and his top hat. [General description] This is a photograph of an portrait of [On back of photograph] 'Sir George Strickland Kingston / n.d.'
Mr and Mrs William Isbister
Two miniature portraits by Alice Hambidge of Mr and Mrs William Isbister, parents of William James Isbister, K.C.
Charles Bonney
[General description] Portrait of Charles Bonney, overlander, politician and civil servant. His face and white collar stand out against a dark background. [On back of photograph] 'Charles Bonney / from an oil painting in the Council Chamber, Norwood Town Hall / Presented by C.S. Ballantyne'.
Mrs James Chambers
Incomplete portrait of Mrs James Chambers, which appears to have been copied from a photograph. This is possibly Catherine Chambers wife of James Chambers. He was a carrier, coachline owner, copper mine owner, sheep grazier, mail carrier and patron of exploration. They lived at Carclew House Montifiore Hill, North Adelaide and later at Richmond. James and Catherine's daughters Katherine and Anna had the Katherine and Anna Reservoir named after them
Daniel Michael Paul Cudmore
Portrait of Daniel Michael Paul Cudmore.
Mrs Mary Cudmore
Portrait of Mrs Mary Cudmore, wife of Daniel Michael Paul Cudmore.
George Frederick Ind
Portrait of George Frederick Ind (1833-1906), painted by G.A. Tiarks. An inscription on the back reads 'To my wife Ella from her loving husband Spencer 24/1/07. In affectionate memory of a noble man, a kind & just Father & a true & devoted Friend to all. The picture of G.F. Ind of Paradise, Adelaide, painted from a photograph'. [Spencer Smithson Dunn married G.F. Ind's daughter Ella in 1883.] Joseph Ind, father of George Frederick Ind had an orange grove on the banks of the Torrens River in the Adelaide suburb of Paradise. Joseph arrived in South Australia in 1837 and named the land after his old farm in Gloucestershire.
Edward William Pitts
Portrait of Edward William Pitts who was a pastoral pioneer and the son of Captain John Staniforth Pitts (1800-1833) who died in India when Edward was one year old. His mother remarried. Edward arrived in South Australia in 1852 and became an assistant to the Colonial Architect later becoming one of the best draftsman and artist in the colony. He also established one of the best sheep breeding farms in Australia. His wool was judged second to none, commanding premium prices.