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Alexander Stewart [B 7407] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Upper body portrait of Mr Alexander Stewart. He was a pioneering grazier for some years but was eventually driven out of the pastoral business by harsh seasonal conditions. He then took up the lease of the White Hart Hotel in Aberdeen, Burra, and later built the Bon Accord Hotel in the same place. [On back of photograph] 'Alexander Stewart / Pastoralist and publican / See Cockburn's Pastoral Pioneeers vol. 2, page 261 / Said by Cockburn to have arrived in the 'Fairfield', but his grand-daughter Miss A. Terry states that Mr. Stewart himself always said that he came out in 1840 in the 'Fairlie' / This is borne out by the crew list for the 'Fairlie' / See Archives 743 / 1840 / p. 240 / Presented by Miss. A. Terry'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.7 cm x 7.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Stewart, Alexander, -1902

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Digitisation information

Date

18/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,267 x 3,182 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.66 MB

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