photograph

Artwork

Accession Number
2012.007.001.009
Description
Black and white photograph of a woman wearing a hat standing by a bush.
Narrative
This circa 1897 photograph is mounted in a brown suede leather album that documents the life and times of the James and Laura Dunsmuir family from about 1895 onward. Many of the images depict Sarah Byrd Dunsmuir, suggesting she may have been the creator of the album. The album includes scenes at their house Burleith on Victoria's Gorge Waterway, various coastal locales north of Victoria, and parts of the United Kingdom.

The woman in this picture is Sarah Byrd Dunsmuir.
History of Use
This photograph was taken in about 1897 and placed in an album created by the James and Laura Dunsmuir family at Burleith, their home on Victoria's Gorge Waterway. In 1906 it was probably taken by the family to Victoria's Government House where they lived while James served as British Columbia's eighth Lieutenant Governor. From there it was taken to the family's new house, Hatley Park, in 1910.

Sometime after Laura Miller Dunsmuir's death in 1937, the album became the property of Dola Frances Dunsmuir (also known as Mrs. Dola Cavendish) and was kept at her house Dolaura in Colwood, B.C. After hear death, the album was owned by her sister Kathleen's daughter, Judith Humphreys (also known as Mrs. Judith Joy). Her daughter donated the album to Craigdarroch Castle in 2012.
Date
circa 1897
Dimensions
10.2 x 7.5 cm
Support
Paper, Photographic paper
Country of Origin
Canada

Related people/businesses/organizations
Dola Frances Dunsmuir (owner)
Judith Marie Kathleen Humphreys (owner)
Kathleen Euphemia "Kathleen" Dunsmuir (owner)
James Dunsmuir (owner)
Laura Miller Dunsmuir (nee Surles) (owner)
Sarah Byrd "Byrdie" Dunsmuir (depicts)
Related Associations
Burleith (was used in)
Government House (Victoria, B.C.) (was used in)
Hatley Park (was used in)
Dolaura (house) (was used in)