Print, Photographic, G. A. Ward, Tauranga Mounted Rifles, Horse 'Laddy'
Maker
Mary Humphreys
Production date
1900
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Description
A black and white print mounted on thick card showing a man (with moustache) on a horse dressed in cap, jacket, trousers, leggings, boots with spurs, holding riding crop and reins of grey horse. Handwritten on reverse "Trooper G. A. Ward. Tauranga Mounted Rifles, on 'Laddy' winner of first and special prizes. Troop horse class. Mr Ward is an architect and editor of The Bay of Plenty Times". "Mary Humphrey's Photo".
Mary Humphreys (nee Henderson) was a professional photographer operating in Tauranga at the end of the 1890s into the early 1900s. She was born in 1865 in Croydon, Surrey, England and came to New Zealand in the 1880s, marrying Thomas Humphreys in June 1889. Widowed in 1898, and with three young children, Mary turned her home into a boarding house and began to advertise for photographic work. In 1901 the 'Christchurch Press' published forty of her photographs in a special supplement and a album of her images was given to the Duchess of Cornwall by the women of Tauranga.
Mary Humphreys (nee Henderson) was a professional photographer operating in Tauranga at the end of the 1890s into the early 1900s. She was born in 1865 in Croydon, Surrey, England and came to New Zealand in the 1880s, marrying Thomas Humphreys in June 1889. Widowed in 1898, and with three young children, Mary turned her home into a boarding house and began to advertise for photographic work. In 1901 the 'Christchurch Press' published forty of her photographs in a special supplement and a album of her images was given to the Duchess of Cornwall by the women of Tauranga.
Maker
Mary Humphreys
Production date
1900
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
103mm (height) 165mm (width)
Credit line
Gifted by C. Tunks
Accession number
0300/08
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