frame, picture

Object

Accession Number
2019.001.005.001
Description
Dark brown leather picture frame with gold detail around the edges. Hinged easel stand on the back. Backing board is held in place with two small brass tabs.
Narrative

Elizabeth Joan Bryden (1906-1960), also known as Betty Bryden, graduated from Victoria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital nursing school in March, 1930. 1. She was a great granddaughter of Robert and Joan Dunsmuir, builders of Craigdarroch Castle. This frame and the photograph it contains were collected to aid in the understanding and presentation of the history of the Dunsmuir family.

  1. Anne Pearson, The Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing 1891-1982 (Victoria: The Alumni Association of Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing) 169.
History of Use
Elizabeth Joan Bryden obtained this frame when she graduated from the Royal Jubilee Hospital’s nursing school in 1930 It was inherited by her daughter, the donor, and donated to Craigdarroch Castle in 2018.
Date
circa 1930
Dimensions
16 x 11.5 cm
Material
Leather
Subject/Image
Elizabeth Joan Bryden (Betty Bryden)
Medium
Photographic
Support
Paper, Photographic paper
Country of Origin
Canada