Accession Number

2012.007.001.052

Description

sepia toned photograph of a man and woman standing in front of a tree. The woman is holding a croquet mallet.

Narrative

This is an image of Robin William Dunsmuir (1877-1929) and his first wife, Maude Allingham Shoobert (1875-1957). The couple were married in November, 1901. The location of this photograph is not yet identified.

History of Use

This photograph was taken in about 1902 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 her 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 1902

Dimensions

9.5 x 6.2 cm

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

Canada