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- 1st November 1921 (Creation)
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1 digital surrogate of photographic print
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Biographical history
Richard Ellis (27 January 1842 – 23 December 1924) was a British-Maltese photographer who was one of the pioneers of photography in Malta during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in St. Luke's, East London, he travelled throughout Europe as a circus performer before settling down in Malta at the age of nineteen. Within a few years he had opened a studio in Valletta, and became a renowned photographer. His archive of tens of thousands of photographs still exists, and his work is significant for both its historic value and technical quality.
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Private deposit by Ms Doreen Curmi and Louise Zammit La Rosa, grand daughters of the last owner of the business: Arthur Rizzo Marich.
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Sir Herbert Plumer was sailing to Malta when the Sette Giugno riots took place in Malta. He arrived three days after the riots, where four (4) people were killed. By August 1919, the National Assembly had drafted a Constitution whereby a local government would deal with local matters, such as civil legislation, public instruction and finance. Items of imperial interest (defence, naval and military services and functions) would be dealt with by Westminster. Governor Plumer was appointed Governor of Malta by 1921 and held his post till 1924.
A government was formed following elections and the formulation and inauguration of the new parliament took place on the 1st November 1921.
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6 of 15 digitized photographic prints
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Carrier: Photographic print
Medium: Photograph
Digital format: TIFF
Resolution: 300 DPI
Mounted/not mounted/framed/not framed: No mount
Colour / B&W: B&W
Dimensions of photographic prints: 29cm X 22.9cm
Size and dimensions of digital image (born-digital or surrogate): 4950 x 3872 - 694MB
Hard copy / born digital: Hard copy
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Date of cataloguing: 29/11/2024
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Catalogued by: Sabrina Calleja Jackson