Happy Jack
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Public Domain
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About this object
A carte de visite studio portrait photograph of John Greening, known as Happy Jack, a whaler at Mahia. A smiling Mr Greening is seated in a relaxed pose wearing a hat and smoking a pipe.
Photographer and date unknown.
Photographer and date unknown.
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Media/Materials description
Black and white carte de visite photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 105 x 63mm
Signature/Inscription
HB Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
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Subject person
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Current rights
Credit Line
gifted by Russell Duncan
Other number(s)
50/121, 618, 84725
Accession number
50/121
Public comments
My grandmother is Sir John Greening’s granddaughter
- Benjamin Charles ( House of Mckay posted 2 years ago.
Happy jack was a whaling ship captain who married the daughter of an East coast maori chief her name was pikitoria he became the lighthouse keeper at Mahia on the east coast where Greenings still live today. I am unsure just how many children they had but my children are desendants of these people
- juletone1.jm@gmail.com posted 4 years ago.