Studio portrait of a gentleman wearing a black cravat. Adelaide, South Australia, c.1873.

A$75 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm; verso with the elaborate back mark of Townsend Duryea, Artist Photographer. By Appointment. 66 68 King William Street, Adelaide , surrounded by the crests of the Duke of Edinburgh, Sir James Fergusson, Sir Dominick Daly, Sir R. G. MacDonnell, and Anthony Musgrave; both the albumen print and mount are in excellent condition. A fine portrait by American-born photographer Townsend Duryea. An approximate date of 1873 is suggested by the fact that Musgrave was not appointed Governor until March that year, and arrived in Adelaide in June.

• Binding: Hardcover

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