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Joanna Barr Smith at her writing desk [B 64340] • Photograph

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Summary

PORTRAIT: Joanna Barr Smith photographed sitting at her desk in her writing-room at 40 Angas Street, Adelaide. Her foot cushion, placed over the the Hammersmith carpet, is embroidered with her initials. The chairs are in Morris & Company's 'Lodden' design. According to C. Menz in his 'Morris & Company: Pre-Raphelites and the Arts & Craft Movement' (1994), the wallpaper is not a Morris design.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 15.2 cm x 21.4 cm (image) ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1908

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Barr Smith, Joanna, 1835-1919
Interior architecture -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Furniture -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Interior decoration -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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General notes

The location of this scene in this image was formerly thought to be 'Auchendarroch', the Barr Smith home at Mount Barker. The Christopher Menz publication cited has this at 40 Angas Street in Adelaide, the Barr Smiths' final house.

Digitisation information

Date

21/05/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,450 x 2,665 pixels (9.2 MP)

Size

27.61 MB

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