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Catherine Helen Spence [B 9881] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Catherine Helen Spence, seated at a desk. She is wearing a formal dress with cap, a watch chain and a horseshoe brooch at her throat. She was a journalist, novelist, social and political reformer and a champion for women's rights including the vote. At her death in 1910 she was mourned as 'the grand old woman of Australia'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.9 cm x 14.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1901

Photographer

Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Spence, Catherine Helen, 1825-1910

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General notes

There are two smaller duplicates with this image.

Digitisation information

Date

29/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,336 x 3,245 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.76 MB

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