JAMES ALLEN TWINE AND MARY ANN TWINE

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c. 1866

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Overview

A small sepia photo of Mr and Mrs Twine in formal dress of the day.
They are standing to the right of a heavy drape with a tassel.
Mary Ann Twine (1810-1885, formerly Mrs Buckley, nee Sturges), is dressed in a long hooped dark gown with a long draped dark lace shawl over her shoulders and a bonnet and ribbon tied under her chin. A parasol is in her left hand, pointing towards the floor.
James Allen Twine (1813-1905), on the left, is sporting a grizzled beard and moustache, and wearing a dark lapelled jacket, light waistcoat, a dark shirt with white collar, cravat and trousers of a lighter shade than the jacket.
Mrs Twine is holding Mr Twine's left arm.

Historical information

.James Allen Twine farmed Newgain and Maisemore in the Avon Valley.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1288

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

6.3000 cm

Height or length

10.4000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Written on reverse of photo: in black ink: "Jas Twine";
in blue ink: "may be Grand Fathers Twines parents";
in pencil: "of Newgain, wife Mary Ann nee Sturges";
printed: "Manning & Knight, Perth, W. Australia";
in pencil: "Pl. 10 (34), c. 1866. Former accession no.: CH 25 (b)"

Contextual Information

See also later photograph of Mary Ann Twine 2001.668 and James Allen Twine 2001.669 in the Shire of Toodyay historic collection.
Same photograph in black & white 2001.1201 is also held in the Shire of Toodyay collection.

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Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay