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James Lewis [PRG 247/27/402] • Photograph

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Summary

One of two Lewis family overpainted opalotype photographic portraits. Originally believed to be John Lewis, 1844-1923, but confirmed as John's father James Lewis of Richmond South Australia. He married Eliza Margaret Hutton Bristow who is pictured in the opalotype at PRG 247/27/1. Both opalotypes have the annotation 'Brown 79' in the top left hand corner, indicating the creator and date of creation.

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Physical description

1 photograph : opalotype, black and white (overpainted) ; 37.1 x 29.4 cm, on mount 48.5 x 39.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1879

Collection

Part of Lewis Family Collection

Subject

Lewis, James, 1813-1891
Clothing and dress -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

26/03/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,564 x 4,492 pixels (16.0 MP)

Size

48.06 MB

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