Masonic Hotel, Napier
Maker
Sorrell, Charles Hudson Cunningham
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Photograph of the Masonic Hotel, Napier, possibly taken from the intersection of Marine Parade and Tennyson Street in the late 1860s or early 1870s. The proprietor of the hotel at the time that the photograph was taken was Horace Ford. The hotel building is two storeyed with a lean-to on either side. The photograph was taken prior to the addition of a wing at the rear of the site, which was made in 1875.
The photograph appears to have been created by photographing an existing photograph.
Photographer, possibly Charles Sorrell.
The photograph appears to have been created by photographing an existing photograph.
Photographer, possibly Charles Sorrell.
Production place
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 100 x 149mm
Card backing: Height x Width: 107 x 167mm
Card backing: Height x Width: 107 x 167mm
Signature/Inscription
Theakstone, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
Chas. Sorrell Photographer Dickens Street, Napier., Printed, Printed
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
Chas. Sorrell Photographer Dickens Street, Napier., Printed, Printed
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Mid 1860s-1875
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 3087
Credit Line
gifted by Louis Theakstone
Other number(s)
m63/46 b, 3087, 77908
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