photograph
Artwork
Accession Number
2012.007.001.064Description
Black and white photograph of two young girls dressed in Oriental costume, holding their fans up to their chin.Narrative
Depicted in this studio photograph are Jessie Muriel Dunsmuir (Moulie or Muriel) and Kathleen Euphemia Dunsmuir (Kat) dressed in kimono.History of Use
This photograph was taken in about 1904 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 1904Dimensions
8.5 x 5.5 cmSupport
Paper, Photographic paperCountry of Origin
Canada