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Edward James Wivell, 'Professor of Dancing' [B 59012] • Photograph

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Summary

Edward James Wivell arrived in South Australia from Victoria in 1867. He had married Mary Mulready in Victoria in 1863 and they had two children there; Edward (1864) and Mary (1865), Mary died in 1867. After moving to South Australia they had two more children; Edmund Jerome (1868) and Abraham (1869), Abraham died in 1870. Edward was a dance teacher and collector of art, owning 'Black Thursday' and 'The Explorer'. He left South Australia temporarily in 1893 (see Quiz and Lantern, 6 October 1893, pg.5), Edmund taking over his 'Ecole de Dance', but returned by 1909 when he died on 16 December, aged 76.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Wivell, E. J. (Edward James), 1833-1909
Dance teachers -- South Australia

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General notes

Original a carte-de-visite.

Digitisation information

Date

08/04/1999

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,719 x 2,833 pixels (4.9 MP)

Size

4.87 MB

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