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Martha Neavy

This photo is of a framed drawing or painting of Martha Neavy. The name "Martha Nevy" is written on the reverse side of the print by Alvin.

The photograph is in the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. Details are:

Record Title : Photographer unknown
[Portrait of Martha Smith. ca 1860]
Reference Number : G-401
Physical Description : ink and wash, 240 x 190 (oval) over a photograph
Quantity : 1 watercolour(s)
Scope and Contents : A head and shoulders frontal portrait in an oval surround, showing a middle-aged woman in a close-fitting floral bonnet. She wears a black dress with a short white collar, a brooch at her neck
Other Notes : Martha Smith, nee Nevy was the wife of the proprietor of the Travellers Rest Inn, Wairoa, Papakura
Dating on the basis of the appearance of the bonnet, which was no longer in fashion by about 1865. The bonnet appears to have been painted in, rather than photographed on her. The Smiths ran the Travellers Rest Inn from 1853.
Provenance : Donation: Mrs J G Morrison, PO Box 1559, Paraparaumu Beach, 19 July 1978
Restrictions : Partial restriction : Use photographic copies in preference to original
Issue Status : Issuable ITEM
Copy Negative : Copy Negative (1/2-154165-F)
File Print : File Print (In Drawings & Prints under Artist/Title ; DFP-005020)
Names : Smith, Martha, 1815-1891 (Subject)
Morrison, J G (Mrs), fl 1970s-1980s (as the donor/lender/vendor)

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