Frederick John William Gascoyne
Maker
Lovell-Smith, Hubert John
Production date
25 Dec 1922
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A portrait of Lieutenant, later Major, John Frederick William Gascoyne, veteran of the New Zealand Wars.
Photographer, H J Lovell Smith.
Date unknown.
Photographer, H J Lovell Smith.
Date unknown.
Production date
25 Dec 1922
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 136 x 82mm
Height x Width: 188 x 124mm
Height x Width: 188 x 124mm
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Other number(s)
256, 84694
Public comments
Upon looking at this photo again, I don't believe that it was clipped from the photo of Frederick Gascoyne and his wife Marion nee Carr, but in fact one taken separately at the same place and on the same date as the joint one - 25 Dec 1922. Major Fred Gascoyne's memoir, "Soldiering in New Zealand", is available to read online and for more information about Major F.J.W. Gascoyne and his somewhat eccentric family, Helena Drysdale's excellent book, titled "Strangerland", is well worth a read. I have also written a blog post about Major Gascoyne's nephew, Archie Gascoyne, which covers some of the Gascoyne family history, "Once were Eccentrics: Nelson identity Archie Gascoyne": http://rustlingsinthewind.blogspot.com/2019/07/once-were-eccentrics-nelson-identity.html
- Anne McFadgen posted 3 years ago.
This clipped photograph of Major Frederick John William Gascoyne (1838-1926), oldest son of Major Charles Manners Gascoyne & Isabella nee Campbell, originally included his wife Marion and was taken in the garden of their Hastings home on 25 Dec 1922 to mark the occasion of their Golden (50th) Wedding Anniversary. Complete image can be seen at the National Library of NZ website https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23025261?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcategory%5D=Images&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=Anniversaries&search%5Bpath%5D=photos
- Anne McFadgen posted 3 years ago.