photograph
Artwork
Accession Number
2012.007.001.018Description
Black and white photograph of a very large group of people, several of whom are holding tennis rackets. Behind the group is a chicken wire fence and dark coloured cloth drapes. Numbers have been added in pen to each of the people, although there is no accompanying key to provide identification.Narrative
The people identified as number 39 and 40 are Guy Mortimer Audain and Sarah Byrd Dunsmuir (Byrdie) Audain.
This circa 1906-1910 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.History of Use
This photograph was taken in about 1906-1910 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 1906Dimensions
21.5 x 28 cmSupport
Paper, Photographic paperInscription
1 through 50Country of Origin
Canada