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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: PORTRAIT OF MARY ROE (NEE NEWMAN)

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c. 1880

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Overview

Front: The studio portrait shows Mary Roe (nee Newman) wearing a black dress with a full skirt and tight bodice. The bodice features a high collar and a white panel in the front. The frock has a small bustle with a long length of ribbon tied around it. She is sitting on a prop 'rock', leaning her cheek against the fingers of her left hand. Her hat rests on the 'rock' in front at the right and her parasol leans against it. There is a large wicker basket at the lower right-hand side.
Reverse: Handwritten: 'Mary Roe'

Historical information

Portrait of Mary Roe (nee Newman), one of a number of photographs of members of the Newman family.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.563

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

105 mm

Height or length

145 mm

Inscriptions and markings

T. Latimer, Hay Street, Perth

Keywords

Year

c. 1880

Statement of significance

Local and family history
Social: Historic: Representativeness:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

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