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South Australian Pioneers 1836 [mosaic] [B 47454] • 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, and 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 (cabinet); 14.7 cm x 10.1 cm (image), 16.6 cm x 10.8 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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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 47454 is an example of 8" x 10" size; B 16005 is an example of the latter.

Digitisation information

Date

25/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,575 x 5,372 pixels (19.2 MP)

Size

57.64 MB

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