item details
NameArchbishop Francis William Redwood
ProductionConnolly and Company; photography studio; 1887-1888; Wellington
Classificationgelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberD.000055
Overview
Archbishop Redwood (1839–1935) was Catholic bishop of Wellington and later archbishop of metropolitan New Zealand. When he was appointed, at the age of 35, he was said to be the youngest bishop in the world, and at his death, aged 95, the oldest.