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John Banks Shepherdson and Marianne Shepherdson [B 12735] • Photograph

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Summary

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.

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Physical description

1 photograph : daguerreotype, black and white (tinted) ; 19.5 x 15.3 cm oval, in frame 23.5 x 19 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1850

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Shepherdson, John Banks, 1809-1897
Shepherdson, Marianne, 1805-1858

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Digitisation information

Date

17/07/2008

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Resolution

3,577 x 4,624 pixels (16.5 MP)

Size

49.65 MB

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