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Port Augusta (watercolour) [PRG 1344/10] • Artwork

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Summary

View at Port Augusta with a rowing dinghy in the foreground and a larger vessel tied up at the wharf in the background. Painted 3 May 1909.

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Physical description

Watercolour; 35.5 x 25.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1909

Creator

Wood, Thomas

Subject

Wood, Thomas, 1854-1937
Watercolor painting -- Australia
Landscape painting, Australian
Port Augusta (S.A.)

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Historical information

Thomas Wood was an accomplished amateur watercolour artist. He was born in England about 1854, choosing a career in the Church of England. He was curate of St Paul's, Blackburn from 1878-1880 (having been made a deacon in 1878 and ordained as a priest at Manchester Cathedral in 1879). From 1880-1883 he was Railway Chaplain at Podanur, Madras, then travelled to South Australia where he became the incumbent at Robe (1884-1887). He was rector of Wallaroo (1887-1902) and at Willunga, Aldinga and Noarlunga (with McLaren Vale from 1911) for the period 1902-1921. He then worked as a licensed preacher in the Adelaide Diocese from 1921 until 1936 whilst living at Walkerville. He died on 12 November 1937, aged 83.

Digitisation information

Date

03/04/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,344 x 3,142 pixels (13.6 MP)

Size

40.98 MB

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