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John and Rebecca Ross with three of their five children [B 16095] • Photograph

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Summary

Daguerreotype portrait of John and Rebecca Ross with their three children. Housed in an elaborately decorated embossed leather case with a gilt metal frame. Rebecca was Rebecca McKinlay Affleck and she died in 1869. John Ross remarried to Georgina Strongitharm and they had two daughters. His son, Alexander accompanied him in 1874 and was also a member of the successful Giles expedition in 1875-76. The children in this photograph which was taken in 1856 at Stanley Flat near Clare are Sarah (born 1853), Rebecca (born 1854), and Henrietta (born 1855) John Ross led the survey team whose task it was to find a route for the Overland Telegraph to Port Darwin in 1870.

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Physical description

1 photograph : daguerreotype, black and white ; 11.8 x 8.8 cm, in case 15 x 12 x 2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1856

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Ross, Rebecca
Ross, John, 1817-1903

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General notes

Exhibited;

January 2005-3 May 2005;

State Library of South Australia, Treasures Wall ([exhibition name unknown]);

123 days

Digitisation information

Date

23/11/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,405 x 3,036 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.94 MB

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