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Captain John Bishop [B 9823] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Full length portrait of Captain John Bishop of Port Lincoln [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/4], showing him standing and resting a hand on the back of a studio chair. He has mutton chop whiskers and is wearing a rumpled three piece suit. He arrived in Port Lincoln in 1839 in command of the 82 ton brig 'Dorset'. He took up land in Port Lincoln and Boston Island and with his family ran the township's first store.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 9.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Photographer

Duryea

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Bishop, John, 1803-1865
Pioneers -- South Australia -- Port Lincoln

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Digitisation information

Date

29/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,188 x 3,228 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

7.09 MB

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