South Pacific islands; portrait photographs. Album, 18--.
- Date:
- [between 1800 and 1899]
- Reference:
- 36764i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
One of the photograph mounts (fol. 7v) is inscribed "Mrs Pewtress (Miss Springthorpe). This could be Florence Mary Springthorpe, who was born in June 1859 in Staffordshire and married Joseph Wilfred Pewtress on 15 Oct 1887 in Lewisham (website of Ancestry.com, accessed 27 November 2009)
Publication/Creation
[between 1800 and 1899]
Physical description
1 album : 10 engravings and 26 photographic prints ; album 30 x 25 x 4 cm
Reference
Wellcome Collection 36764i
Contents
Fol. 1v engraving: Otaheite people. Fol. 2r blank. Fol. 2v engraving: savage of Admiralty Isles. Fol. 3r engraving: savage of New Caledonia. Fol. 3v engraving: young woman of Otaheite. Fol. 4r four carte de visite portrait photographs. Fols. 4v-5r blank. Fol. 5v three carte de visite portrait photographs. Fol. 6r two carte de visite portrait photographs. Fol. 6v two carte de visite portrait photographs. Fol. 7r three carte de visite portrait photographs. Fol. 7v three carte de visite portrait photographs. Fol. 8r three carte de visite portrait photographs. Fols. 8v-9r blank. Fol. 9v two carte de visite portrait photographs. Fol. 10r four carte de visite portrait photographs. Fol. 10v engraving: isle of Bourou. Fol. 11r two engravings after Capt. Cook's voyages. Fol. 11v engraving: Isle of Bourbon. Fol. 12r engraving: Island of Otaheite. Fol. 12v blank. Fol. 13r engraving: A morai at ... Tongataboo
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores