Accession Number

2012.007.002.021

Description

Sepia toned photograph of a man standing holding a fishing rod, fishing basket, pouch, net, and a lit cigar. A second man, wearing a peaked cap and long coat, is standing behind.

Narrative

The man, ready for a fishing excursion, is standing outside of Hatley Park on the north side. The driveway is unfinished and the plantings on the sloped lawn are rudimentary, indicating that this photograph was taken soon after the castle was completed in 1910 and before the improvements to the estate were made by Boston-based landscape architects, Brett and Hall between 1911 and 1914.

Neither of the people in this photograph have been identified.

History of Use

This photograph was taken in about 1910 and placed in an album created by the James and Laura Dunsmuir family at Hatley Park. 

Some of the images of Hatley Park in the album show minimal landscaping, suggesting those photos date from when the house was newly completed, around 1910. At least one of the album's photographs was used as a post card and a postmark on the back shows a date of 1929, giving an approximate date range for the photographs in the album.

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 1910

Dimensions

11 x 6.7 cm

Support

Paper, Photographic paper

Country of Origin

Canada