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Sir Samuel and Lady Way

1899, Photograph, B 70805

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.]

Portrait of a couple

c. 1890, Photograph, B 70752/39

The fabric of the woman's dress is of distinctive design and she is wearing a small white ruffled cap. The hair and some parts of the outline of the figures have been retouched by hand. The man is wearing a stand-up collar and bow tie and has an impressive handle-bar moustache. This photograph appears to be two separate exposures printed adjacent, to give the impression of a single portrait.The portrait may be of George and Elizabeth Hobby.

S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59

Mora Studio, 1908, Photograph, B 6912

Photographic composite entitled 'S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59' comprising 122 portraits, one of which is lost, leaving a blank oval frame. The mosaic was compiled in 1908 by Mora Studio, Rundle Street, Adelaide. The individual photographs were collected in 1906 and 1907 by stock agent Henry Howard 'Harry' Birt, who had been a drover and stockman in the pastoral regions of Australia from 1858 until 1880. He is depicted at B 6912/I5. The mosaic was given to the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in 1915 and subsequently transferred to the State Library of South Australia (then Public Library) in 1939.

Edward William Meredith

c. 1860, Photograph, B 71261

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

c. 1884, Photograph, B 9387/1-50

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

c. 1884, Photograph, B 9387/51-100

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

1884, Photograph, B 9387/101-112

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

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/8/261

Head and shoulders view of John Wylie Wauchope aged eighty one years.

Formal portrait of Miss Watson wearing a ball dress

c. 1908, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/488

Formal portrait of Miss Watson wearing a ball dress.

Portrait of Madame Josephine by Rex Wood

Wood, Rex, 1964, Photograph, PRG 1526/2

Scanned copy of an oil painting portrait of Josephine Piazza (Madame Josephine) by the artist Rex Wood.

Alec Caird and a woman

Duryea, Townsend, c. 1912, Photograph, B 73124

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.

Ernest Bowers

c. 1915, Photograph, B 73092

Studio portrait of Ernest Bowers, pictured in his army uniform.

Sir George Grey

Maull & Co, c. 1870, Photograph, B 73315

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

c. 1907, Photograph, B 73608

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.

Portrait photograph of Arthur Campbell Garnett

Hone, Harold N., c. 1965, Photograph, B 73245

Portrait photograph of Arthur Campbell Garnett, who was born in South Australia and was Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide in 1924. He later became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin in the United States. Garnett died on September 19, 1970 in Fort Worth, Texas. The photographer's stamp is on the back of the photo: Harold N. Hone, Portrait Photographer, Madison, Wisconsin. For more information see 'Memorial resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin on the death of Emeritus Professor Arthur Campbell Garnett', which is held in the South Australiana collection.

Samuel Green from St. Paul's Anglican Church, Port Adelaide

Schourup, P., c. 1865, Photograph, SRG 94/A85/20/17F

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

Sauer, Herbert Wilhelm, c. 1908, Mixed material, PRG 1609

Digital copies only of Herbert Sauer material comprising photographs, a postcard, a letter, in memoriam card and a medallion.

Browne family portraits

c. 1859, Photograph, PRG 266/75/1-7

A collection of seven ambrotypes (six of which are hand-tinted) of Margaret Anne Frances Browne (nee Guilding) and her children. Margaret and John Browne had four children: Janet Frances (born 1858), Thomas Lansdowne (born 1860), Alice Mary (born 1863) and Mary Elizabeth (born 1864). Apart from item 1 (a portrait of Margaret Browne), and item 7 (assumed to be the three eldest children), it isn't possible to determine which child is featured in any of the portraits. [Note that at that time boys were dressed in the same clothing as girls until about their 6th birthday.]

Portrait of Mary Thomas

c. 1834, Photograph, PRG 1160/24

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.