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PHOTOGRAPH: PORTRAIT OF MARY ROE (NEE NEWMAN)

c. 1880
Subcollections
Photographs
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
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
105 mm
Height or length
145 mm
Inscriptions and markings

T. Latimer, Hay Street, Perth

Keywords
NEWMAN Family
Decade - 1880s
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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