Accession Number

2016.004.001.001

Description

Glass plate nagative. Image of the Nanaimo Bastion at centre. Two men standing to the left with buildings in the background on a lower level. Water and hills are in the background with a ship's mast visible to the left. Landscape orientation.

Narrative

This rare image of the Nanaimo Bastion is a fine addition to the Primary Collection because it is of high-quality, and one of the first two images of the Bastion in the collection. That it depicts the Nanaimo area where the Dunsmuirs lived at the start of their rise to social and financial prominence adds to its importance to The Castle Society.

History of Use

unknown

Date

circa 1885 – 1890

Dimensions

0.5 cm x 20 cm x 13 cm

Photograph Type

Gelatin silver process

Subject/Image

Nanaimo Bastion and townscape

Medium

Photographic

Support

Glass

Country of Origin

Canada