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Samuel Thomas Gill [B 9389] • Photograph

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Summary

Samuel Thomas Gill renown artist and photographer recording Australian scenes and events. In 1849 he famously produced lithographic sketches of twelve South Australian colonists called "Heads of People". Sadly he died penniless in Melbourne in 1880. The photograph shows a rubbing of the carving saying " Samuel Thomas Gill 1818-1880 Delineator of scenes and events in South Australia 1839-1851. Member of Horrocks Exploring Expedition 1846".

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Physical description

Photograph; 16.3 cm x 11.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1818-1880
Painters -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

23/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,279 x 3,360 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

22.99 MB

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