Portrait of William Purvis
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
Mid length studio portrait of a man, possibly taken in the late nineteenth century. The sitter is posed against a plain backdrop.
The photograph is housed in an album containing photographs of members of the Langley and Thayer families. The sitter is identified on the album page as William Purvis.
Photographer, unknown.
The photograph is housed in an album containing photographs of members of the Langley and Thayer families. The sitter is identified on the album page as William Purvis.
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white carte-de-visite photograph housed in a musical box photograph album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Carte-de-visite: Height x Width: 103 x 63mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1870s-1890s
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 8980
Credit Line
gifted by Mrs Lillian Motley
Other number(s)
75/208, 8980, 84345
Accession number
75/208
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