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Staff of the Public Library, Museum & Art Gallery S.A. : Harry P. Gill [B 14104/14A] • Photograph

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Summary

Portrait of Harry P. Gill, Director for Technical Art.

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Physical description

Photograph; 9 x 13.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1898

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Gill, Harry P. (Harry Pelling), 1855-1916, artist

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Historical information

Harry Pelling Gill was born at Brighton in England, 9 March 1855. Gill was a painter, printmaker, etching artist, teacher, craft practitioner. Gill became the Principal and Examiner of the Adelaide School of Art (1881-1814), Director of Technical Art and Curator of the Art Gallery (1892-1909), President of the South Australian Society of Arts. He worked with many South Australian artists, including Helen Hambidge. Harry Gill died tragically at sea, between Marseilles and Gibraltar, en route to England, 27 May 1916. ['Advertiser, 31 May 1916, p. 9, col. a', 'Register, 31 May 1916, p. 7, col. b'].

Digitisation information

Date

28/05/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,114 x 3,204 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

6.79 MB

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