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Roseworthy Agricultural College [B 70793] • Artwork

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Summary

Detailed pencil drawing of the front facade of the original building of Roseworthy Agricultural College, surrounded by trees and shrubs. The crest of the College is included on the lower right, and it is signed 'Dora Whitford 1930' on the lower left. On the paper outside the drawing frame there are a number of other details sketched: two men talking (lower left); 'Agricultural Roseworthy College' (hand printed, lower right); the letters A, R & C interlocked in a design (middle right).

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Physical description

Artwork (pencil sketch); 18.2 cm x 24.7 cm (drawing), 25.7 cm x 35.5 cm (paper), 39.2 cm x 41.8 cm x 1.3 cm (frame)

Dates / Publication details

1930

Artist

Whitford, Dora

Collection

Part of Roseworthy Collection

Subject

Roseworthy Agricultural College

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Historical information

Born Dora Winter Nicholl on 9 December 1898, she was the middle child of five of Frank Henry Nicholls and Elizabeth Charlotte nee McRostie. She married fellow artist Kenneth Nelson Whitford on 21 October 1926 at the Baptist Church, Semaphore, taking his name as an artist as well as a wife.

Digitisation information

Date

08/07/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,965 x 2,924 pixels (11.6 MP)

Size

34.81 MB

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