photograph
Artwork
Accession Number
2012.007.001.034Description
Sepia toned photograph of a group of hounds resting in a field. In the background is a viaduct, with a railway line separating the field from a body of water behind. Narrative
The location of this photograph is Sandside on the Morecambe Bay estuary. The viaduct is the Arnside River Kent Viaduct, also known as the Arnside Bela Viaduct. The River Bela runs through the Dallam Tower estate, which was owned by Sir Maurice Bromley-Wilson, brother in law to Laura Mary (Maye) Dunsmuir (Mrs. Arthur Bromley). The proximity of this image location to the Dallam Tower Estate suggests that these hounds could belong to Sir Maurice Bromley-Wilson.
This circa 1905 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. 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 1905 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 1905Dimensions
8.7 x 11.6 cmSupport
Paper, Photographic paperCountry of Origin
England