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Samuel White Sweet [B 5959] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel White Sweet. He wears a double breasted jacket and a colourful cravat and sports mutton chop whiskers. He was a sea captain who retired from the sea in 1875 and opened up a photographic studio in Adelaide. He travelled through South Australia in his horse-drawn darkroom photographing landscapes, outback stations and homesteads. A large collection of his work is held in the South Australian Archives.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.7 cm x 8.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886

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Digitisation information

Date

27/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,211 x 3,784 pixels (8.4 MP)

Size

25.12 MB

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