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Portrait of Townsend Duryea. [B 73320/1A] • Photograph

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Summary

Small cameo portrait of a man, believed to be the photographer Townsend Duryea. Writing around the cameo reads ' Artist photographer - 66 & 68 King William Street'.

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Physical description

albumen print, 2.6 x 1.9 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1866

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collections

Part of Album Collection
Part of Adelaide Collection

Subject

Adelaide Botanic Garden -- Pictorial works
National Bank of Australasia (Adelaide, S.A.)
Banks -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Adelaide (S.A.)
Rundle Street (Adelaide, S.A.)
Hindley Street (Adelaide, S.A.)
Wakefield Street (Adelaide, S.A.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

The Library holds three photograph albums, all titled 'Duryea's Adelaide Album'. While there is a degree of overlap in relation to the photographs included in the volumes (the panorama is included in all three), each is different to some extent. The other albums can be found at B 73122 [version 1] and B 73319 [version 2].

Historical information

New York-born Townsend Duryea (1823-1888) emigrated to Australia (Melbourne) in 1852, and commenced work as a photographer the following year. In 1855, he relocated his studio to Adelaide; by the early 1870s he was a well known photographer, particularly for his panoramas. His work won many prizes in the Society of Arts photographic competitions. He was appointed the official photographer for the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, travelling with the entourage. Duryea's studio was destroyed by a fire in 1875.

Digitisation information

Date

21/01/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,855 x 5,046 pixels (19.5 MP)

Size

58.38 MB

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