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Colonel Light's cottage [B 9206] • Artwork

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Summary

Gouache painting of Colonel Light's cottage at Thebarton, showing the back of the house with arum lilies growing in the garden. Colonel William Light, the first surveyor-General of the province lived in this cottage and died there on 5 October, 1839. His dying wish was that he be regarded as the founder of Adelaide. The cottage was demolished in 1926.

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Physical description

Artwork (gouache); 21.3 cm x 24 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1924

Artist

Shapter, Audrey

Collection

Part of Thebarton Collection

Subject

Light, William, 1786-1839 -- Homes and haunts
Thebarton Cottage
Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- Thebarton
Cottages -- South Australia -- Thebarton
Historic buildings -- South Australia -- Thebarton

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Digitisation information

Date

17/03/2021

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,106 x 6,091 pixels (43.3 MP)

Size

129.87 MB

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