Catalogue
Catalogue
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Object Type
Name/Title
[Jane and Alexander Alison]
Primary Maker
Date
30 Jun 1852
Physical Description
130 mm. x 100 mm. (plate)
250 mm. x 220 mm. (frame)
Level of Current Record
Child
Is Part Of
Media
Technique
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Accompanying note with faded text:
30th June 18[5?]2
Alexander Alison. A?tar. 38
Jane Cameron - 1[8?]32
Public Access Text
Faint initials J. [K?]. on the plate verso. Possibly plate maker or hallmark.
An accompanying note says, “30th June 18[??] Alexander Alison. [Aitai?]. 38, Jane Cameron - 1[?] 32.”
Subject Notes
Jane died Feb 4 1893, aged 78, at her residence on Beach Road, Devonport. She was the third daughter of Mr Ewen Cameron, formerly of Ardgour, Argyleshire. Alison was formerly of Inverness, a shipwright, on the H.M. Colonial Brig “Victoria”. They married in NZ on 17 November 1845.He was commissioned a sergeant in the North Head Volunteer Corps, a militia force ordered up in July 1863 ‘for the defence of the district lying between the North Head and Stanley Point on the Waitemata, and the Southern boundary of Pateona’s pah.’ [Patuone of Ngapuhi lived at Riria pa, on Ngati Paoa land at Devonport. Like Jane he was buried at Mt Victoria Cemetery, Devonport].
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
Deposited by Stephen Alexander Gardner, 1995.
Last Update
12 Apr 2024
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