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William Edwards [B 7006] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and upper body portrait of William Edwards (from a portrait by Charles Rodius) in profile. He laid out the suburb of Edwardstown in 1838. [duplicate copy at PRG 1631/45/26a]. [On back of photograph] 'William Edwards (original proprietor of Edwardstown) / From a portrait by Charles Rodius, a Sydney artist (1851) / According to a letter from the donor (Mr. C.J.W. Higgins), dated April 9th, 1937 the original "drawing is on dark creamy paper, the highlights touched in with white, with the eye (blue), lips and ears lightly tinged with colour" / See 1047/13 for biographical notes'.

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Physical description

Photograph of an artwork; 19.8 cm x 15.3 c m

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1851

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Edwards, William
Edwardstown (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

04/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,463 x 3,176 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

7.85 MB

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