Mrs Torr
Maker
Corbett, James
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A carte de visite style studio portrait photograph of a woman identified as Mrs Torr. Mrs Torr is pictured seated with her hands resting on her lap, possibly holding needlework. She is dressed in a velvet fur trimmed jacket and embroidered tie and is wearing a voluminous skirt. Her hair is plaited and dressed. The end of a chaise lounge is visible at the right of the photograph with a basket of flowers on the arm.
Photographer, James Corbett.
Date unknown.
Photographer, James Corbett.
Date unknown.
Maker
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 105 x 64mm
Signature/Inscription
J. Corbett Photographer, Hastings Street (opposite Dicken's Street) Napier, Printed, Printed
Mrs Torr, wife of Joseph Torr - grandmother of Frank and Sam Twigg....Can be kept Mrs Roe, Inscription
Mrs Torr, wife of Joseph Torr - grandmother of Frank and Sam Twigg....Can be kept Mrs Roe, Inscription
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 1591
Credit Line
gifted by Mr Edwin Cornford
Other number(s)
51/122, 1591, 79349
Accession number
51/122
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