photograph

Artwork

Accession Number
2007.004.033
Description
A photograph consisting of thirteen men and women on a tiled terrace. Three are seated in the foreground and ten stand behind them.
Narrative

This photographic group was taken on Christmas Day, 1931 at "Journey's End", the Colwood, B.C. residence of Jessie Muriel Dunsmuir.  

History of Use
This photograph was used by the Dunsmuir family in Victoria and on the British Columbia mainland until 2007, when it was donated to The Castle Society by a grandson of Kathleen Euphemia Dunsmuir. 
Date
December 25 1931
Dimensions
8.7 x 14.5 cm
Subject/Image
From left to right (back row): James Selden Humphreys; John Robert "Jacky" Chaplin; Laura Frances Audain; Elizabeth Maud "Bessie" Dunsmuir; Reginald Spencer "Reggie" Chaplin; Emily Elinor Dunsmuir; Robin James Dunsmuir; Jessie Muriel "Muriel" Dunsmuir; James Guy Payne Audain; Dr. Wasson. (front row, seated): Maurice "Tolly" Wingfield; Laura Miller Dunsmuir; Henrietta Maud Dunsmuir.
Medium
Photographic
Inscription
Verso: Top left to top centre:
Muriel's terrace- on Christmas day 1931";
top right:
J6 
Country of Origin
Canada