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Sir Samuel Davenport [B 6105] • Photograph

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Summary

Sir Samuel Davenport was one of the early settlers and became a landowner and parliamentarian. He was elected to the First Legislative Council in 1857 and promoted agriculture and new industries in South Australia. Lived in Beaumont House where he grew olives and silk worms. This photograph shows Sir Samuel reading a book seated in his comfortable sitting room at Beaumont House. See also B 13333.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.0 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1903

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Davenport, Samuel, Sir, 1818-1906

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Digitisation information

Date

11/07/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,211 x 2,374 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

7.66 MB

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