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South Australian Pioneers 1838 [mosaic] [B 7864/2A] • Photograph

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Summary

A collection of studio portraits under the title 'South Australian Pioneers 1838', with 'T. Duryea, Adelaide, 1872' at the bottom. This mosaic includes portraits of Governor Sir John Hindmarsh and Governor George Gawler above 116 portraits, and the handwritten names of the colonists are listed under the ships they arrived in on both sides of the portraits.

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Physical description

Photograph (sepia print); 48.3 cm x 37.8 cm (image), 50.5 cm x 40.6 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1872

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collections

Part of South Australia’s Old Colonists and Settlers Photographic Mosaics Collection
Part of Photographic Mosaic Collection

Subject

Pioneers -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

Also known as Source 45; also held as B 47455, a Duryea studio print of smaller dimensions (16.5 cm x 11 cm). The latter is an example of how Duryea marketed the mosaics.

Copies of the images and an index of names is available in the Family History collection.

Historical information

This studio print was one of seven mosaics of photographic portraits created by Adelaide photographer Townsend Duryea in 1872 to compete with his former employee Henry Jones' production of 'The Old Colonists Banquet Group', commissioned by merchant Emanuel Solomon. In addition to two large-scale mosaics of colonists who arrived in South Australia between 1836 and the end of 1840, Duryea created separate mosaics for each of those years that the adult males photographed by him arrived in South Australia. It is not known whether the original mosaic survives. It was described in contemporary newspaper advertisements as measuring 31 x 25 inches (76 cm x 63 cm). Copies were offered for sale in three sizes: carte de visite, 8 x 10 inches and 14 x 19 inches. B 7864 is an example of the latter. It was purchased from the Old Curiosity Shop, Rundle Street in February 1939.

Digitisation information

Date

25/06/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,358 x 5,938 pixels (25.9 MP)

Size

77.66 MB

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