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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: PORTRAIT OF BISHOP JOSEPH SERRA, CIRCA 1850

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c. 1850

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Black and white copy of sketch portrait of Bishop Serra with his robes on, seated in a carved wooden high-backed chair. Bishop Serra, who has a long curly bea and & cap, wears a large cross around his and k & large ring on his right hand, with lace sleeves showing under the cowl of his robes. On the border of the photo is the Battye Library no. '77996P', and a sticker stating restrictions is on the back of the photo.

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cwa-org-43-1996.127.2

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

222 mm

Height or length

251 mm

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Statement of significance

local, social and religious history

Subiaco Museum

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