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Grieving mother [B 39315] • Photograph

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Summary

Child in a coffin with a grieving mother.

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Physical description

photograph

Dates / Publication details

1877

Photographer

Thwaites, W. W

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Funeral rites and ceremonies -- South Australia
Mourning customs -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

See Dictionary of Australian Artists Online for details of the photographer.

A likely identification is that of the photographer Walter William Thwaites' daughter Sophie Jane Murphy, nee Thwaites, and her daugher Rose Adele Thwaites Murphy who died of whooping cough in 1877 aged 14 months.

Digitisation information

Date

17/02/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,839 x 3,647 pixels (21.3 MP)

Size

63.91 MB

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