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Samuel Tomkinson [B 5569] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders of the subject. He is wearing a white shirt and bow tie and a dark jacket. His grey hair is short and he wears sideburns. He arrived in Adelaide in 1850 as an employee of the Bank of Australasia, retiring from the bank as a local director in 1879. He became a conservative Member of Parliament (both upper and lower houses), a Justice of the Peace and Alderman of the Adelaide City Council for twelve years. [On back of photograph] 'Alderman Samuel Tomkinson / Died 1900'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.1 cm x 10.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1895

Photographer

Scott-Barry, Walter

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Tomkinson, Samuel, 1816-1900

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

06/07/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,274 x 3,147 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.50 MB

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