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Sir George Grey [B 5969] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir George Grey in three quarter view. He has short grey hair, neat sideburns and a moustache. He was a soldier and explorer who was Governor of South Australia from 1841-45, then served two terms (not concurrently) as Governor of New Zealand, later serving as Governor at Cape Colony. He was knighted KCB in 1848.

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.4 cm x 14.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1855

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Grey, George, Sir, 1812-1898
Governors -- Cape Colony
Governors -- New Zealand
Governors -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

27/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,173 x 3,364 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

7.33 MB

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