Accession Number

2012.007.001.100

Description

One black and white photograph of a woman wearing a long lightly-coloured dress, a large plumed hat, with an open white parasol, standing by a tennis net. A fence, Douglas fir trees, and a body of water form the background.

Narrative

This photograph depicts Henrietta Maud "Maud" Dunsmuir. She is standing on a tennis court at Burleith, the home of her brother, Hon. James Dunsmuir. The house was situated on Victoria's Gorge Waterway.

The photograph was probably taken in August or September, 1898 when she was in the City.¹

1. British Columbia Archives GR-2731 Hopper vs. Dunsmuir case file 12/92 Transcript from Victoria (Hon. Justice Drake) Victoria, December 3, 1903. p.243

History of Use

This photograph was taken in August or September, 1898 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

1898

Dimensions

10.6 x 8.2 cm

Subject/Image

Henrietta Maud "Maud" Dunsmuir

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

Canada