item details
NameThe Read family
ProductionUnknown; photography studio; 1894; New Zealand
Classificationopalotypes, group portraits, studio portraits, Photographs
Materialsopal glass
Materials Summaryphotograph, opalotype
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 273mm (width), 352mm (height)
Registration NumberO.042531
Credit lineGift of Evelyn Cox, 1984
Overview
Studio portrait of Robert and Ruth Read with their three daughters Winifred (left), Evelyn (centre) and Violet. Robert and Evelyn are standing, while the others are seated. The girl on the left (Winifred) is holding a folio titled 'Royal Academy Pictures'. The studio backdrop depicts a forest glade with a slender tree trunk at right, and a church tower in the distance.