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Robert Barr Smith [B 11296] • Photograph

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Summary

[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.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.4 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Barr Smith, Robert, 1824-1915

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Digitisation information

Date

18/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,199 x 3,507 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.17 MB

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