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Thomas Martin [B 3795] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Thomas Martin, seated, seen in seven eighths view. He arrived at Holdfast Bay in the Tam O'Shanter in November 1836, initially going into business in a butcher's shop with his brother Henry. Later, they made a fortune in copper mining with Thomas going on to be a prominent Adelaide businessman and landowner, owning property in Rundle and King William Streets. After his death three fifths of his estate (a sum of approximately 150,000 pounds) was bequeathed to the hospitals. [On back of photograph] 'Thomas Martin / Benefactor of the Adelaide Hospital and the Children's Hospital / Died May 21, 1898'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.2 cm x 9.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1865

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Martin, Thomas, -1898
Philanthropists -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

10/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,278 x 3,213 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.98 MB

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