Lizzie, Arthur and Ada Brown

Maker
Durrant, W
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A studio portrait photograph of three children identified as Lizzie, Arthur and Ada Brown. The children are posed against a seashore backdrop. The eldest child standing in the centre of the picture is holding a sand or water bucket and looking directly at the camera. The child seated at the left of the photograph is dressed in a sailor style jacket and shorts. He holds a spade and has one foot on a rock. The child seated at the right of the photograph is holding a sea sponge. Rocks and seaweed are used as props in the foreground of the image. The photograph was taken in mid-summer 1875.

Photographer, W Durrant.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to card.
Measurements
Height x Width: 102 x 62mm
Signature/Inscription
W. Durrant, Tobray Photographic Gallery, 30 Victoria Parade, Torquay, Printed, Printed
W. Durrant. Torquay, Printed, Printed
Subject period
Subject date
1875
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust/Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 10344
Other number(s)
10344, 79535

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