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Richard Jagoe [B 5567] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] This head and shoulders portrait shows a gentleman with thick grey hair, beard and moustache, wearing a double breasted jacket with a white shirtfront. The photograph is signed 'Yours truly, Richard Jagoe'. Nicknamed 'The Sandhill Savage' he was the shipping reporter at Semaphore for many years, living rough in the sandhills and rowing out to obtain news from visiting ships. He worked for the 'Register', the 'Observer' and later the 'Advertiser'. He later built a house named 'Rhiador' on the Esplanade. [On back of photograph] 'Richard Jagoe / To Hugh Kalypters (?) / with compliments / from R.J.' Hugh Kalyptus was a nom de plume of journalist Spencer John Skipper.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.1 cm x 9.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Jagoe, Richard, 1833-1899

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Digitisation information

Date

06/07/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,232 x 3,189 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.39 MB

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