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Portrait of a World War One soldier and family [B 74915] • Photograph

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Summary

Half-plate glass negative of a portrait of an unidentified Australian soldier wearing World War One military uniform seated with a woman and two young boys, thought to be his wife and two sons. The woman is wearing a long embroidered coat and a broad-brimmed hat with floral decorations. The boys are wearing jackets with pocket watches in the top pockets, shorts with knee-high socks, and top hats. The background shows the columns of a building and surrounding gardens.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 16.5 x 12 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Military uniforms.
Soldiers -- South Australia.
Families -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of a collection of glass plate negatives of South Australian soldiers, likely produced in metropolitan Adelaide from late 1914 to 1916. The majority of the images are single portraits and demonstrate a wide variety of uniforms, accoutrements and weapons, including swords and rifles with and without fixed bayonets, and various backdrops including outdoors, against buildings, and studio shots with a rural idyll woodland background. Included are portraits of men in twos or groups of three or more, some with wives and sometimes children and parents. Some portraits feature warhorses, senior offices, a quartermaster, and the crew of a West Spring Gun. The original paper envelopes of a number of the glass plates have survived, providing the name of the soldier along with details of the types and quantities of prints ordered. One of the envelopes gives details of the maker, Edwards and Errington of 52 Flinders Street, Adelaide. See B 74889-B 75011, B 75104.

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,686 x 13,121 pixels (127.1 MP)

Size

127.11 MB

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