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South Australian Pioneers 1836 [mosaic] [B 16005/2A] • Photograph

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Summary

A collection of studio portraits under the title 'South Australian Pioneers 1838', with 'T. Duryea, Adelaide, 1872' at the bottom. The mosaic includes a painting of the Old Gum Tree and a portrait of Governor Sir John Hindmarsh above 47 portraits. The handwritten names of the colonists are listed under the ships they arrived in on both sides of the portraits.

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Physical description

Photograph (sepia print); 48.7 cm x 35.7 cm (image, irreg.), 50.7 cm x 38.2 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1872

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collections

Part of South Australia’s Old Colonists and Settlers Photographic Mosaics Collection
Part of Photographic Mosaic Collection

Subject

Pioneers -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

Also held as B 47454, a Duryea studio print of smaller dimensions (16.5 cm x 11 cm). This is an example of how Duryea marketed the mosaics.

Historical information

This studio print was one of seven mosaics of photographic portraits created by Adelaide photographer Townsend Duryea in 1872 to compete with his former employee Henry Jones' production of 'The Old Colonists Banquet Group', commissioned by merchant Emanuel Solomon. In addition to two large-scale mosaics of colonists who arrived in South Australia between 1836 and the end of 1840, Duryea created separate mosaics for each of those years that the adult males photographed by him arrived in South Australia. It is not known whether the original mosaic survives. It was described in contemporary newspaper advertisements as measuring 31 x 25 inches (76 cm x 63 cm). Copies were offered for sale in three sizes: carte de visite, 8 x 10 inches and 14 x 19 inches. B 16005 is an example of the latter. Three portraits at its base have been affected by water damage. It was donated to the Public Library of South Australia by George Cummins Morphett in 1949. The donor's grandfather Sir John Morphett is depicted on the mosaic at B 16005 1D.

Digitisation information

Date

02/10/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,256 x 5,436 pixels (23.1 MP)

Size

73.75 MB

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