item details
NameGroup with mounted skeleton, including James Hector
ProductionWilliam Travers FLS; photographer; 1874; Wellington
Classificationphotographic prints, albumen prints, black-and-white prints
Materialsphotographic paper, silver, albumen
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, albumen silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 191mm (height), 242mm (length)
Registration NumberO.030607
Credit linePurchased 2001 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
View of ten men (including Colonial Museum personnel) assembled around the skeleton of a pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata). The following Colonial Museum people are featured :- from left to right : W. D. B. Mantell (seated on left, wearing hat), W. Skey (sitting on grass, chemist), A. T. Bothamley (standing, temporary assistant to R. B. Gore), R. B. Gore (standing, Curator/Meteorologist), T. W. Kirk (standing, Zoologist), A. McKay (standing, assistant Geologist), S. H. Cox (standing, Geologist), Mr J. Buchanan (standing), James Hector (sitting on box) and Mr Joseph R. Burton (seated on grass, taxidermist).