The Colonial Family Album

113 Pages·2017·9.57 MB·English

by  Jill Haley

The Colonial Family Album:
Photography and Identity in Otago,
1848-1890
Volume 2

Jill Marie Haley

A thesis submitted for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

January 2017
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Figure 1.1 David Octavius Hill
Detail of The First General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland;
Signing the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission - 23rd May 1843,
n.d.
Lithograph reproduction of a painting
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, Print Collection, uncatalogued item
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Figure 1.2 Théodore Maurisset
La Daguerréotypomanie, 1839
Lithograph
J. Paul Getty Museum, 84.XP.983.28, gift of Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr.
Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
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Figure 1.3 Unidentified photographer
Adam Wright with his son John Wright, 1850s
Daguerreotype
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, 1954/56/5
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Figure 1.4 Unidentified photographer
Unidentified Man (possibly Adam Wright's father), 1854
Daguerreotype
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, 1954/56/6
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Figure 1.5 Advertisement for George Baird Shaw
Otago Witness, February 3, 1855
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Figure 1.6 James Wilson (attributed)
View of Dunedin, c. 1857
Albumen print
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, Subject Photograph Collection, Box 7,
No. 68
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Figure 1.7 Verso of carte de visite mount for the photographer John Denslow
(Dunedin), c. 1864
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, Photo Portrait Collection, A658
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Figure 1.8 Lawson Insley (attributed)
Caroline and Sarah Barrett, c. 1852-53
Daguerreotype
Puke Ariki and District Libraries, A71.462, gifted by Mr. Laurie Petty
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Figure 1.9 John McGregor (Dunedin)
Unidentified Boys (recto and verso), c. 1863-65
Carte de visite
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, Dow Album, Album 102