Summary
Glass plate negative portrait of Mrs Alice Harvie, Jean Wentworth Harvie and Edythe Ellison Harvie in a garden with a fourth woman. Ellison, as she was commonly known, is probably between the ages of 16 and 20 years old, and Jean is probably between the ages of 14 and 18 years.
This photograph was likely taken by Melbourne photographer, Robert Harvie, who is husband to Alice and father to Ellison and Jean. Also see MM 127668 and MM 043227 for image of same group of women.
Robert Harvie was a professional photographer who, with his business partner Albert Sutcliffe, owned a photography studio named Harvie & Sutcliffe between 1898 and 1908, located in the Cromwell Buildings, 366a Bourke Street, corner of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne.
The Harvie Collection includes examples of Robert Harvie's private and professional photographic practice. A number of the photographs depict the family life of four generations of the Harvie family, including the Lang family.
The Harvie and Lang families had social significance in Melbourne through their active involvement in early Australian vegetarian movements, early moving film, photography and architecture, as well as various other cultural societies and clubs in Melbourne.
Description of Content
Features four women and a dog in a backyard. Two of the older women are seated and two of the younger women are standing with a garden shed and flower bed behind them. There is a grass lawn and shrubs and a garden hose stretching from a garden bed.
Physical Description
Glass plate negative, black and white, landscape format.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Clothing & Textiles, Home & Community
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Place & Date Depicted
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918 - 1922
Originally the image was assigned an estimated date range circa 1920s-1940s, however, further research into the age of Ellison and Jean indicates it was taken earlier. Ellison was born in 1902 and Jean was born in 1904. Ellison is probably between the ages of 16 and 20 years old, and Jean is probably between the ages of 14 and 18 years. For the dates during which it is thought this photograph was taken, the family lived at 27 Chanack Street, East Malvern, however it is unclear at which address this photograph was taken. -
Person Depicted
Mrs Alice E. Harvie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918 - 1922
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Person Depicted
Miss Jean W. Harvie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1917 - 1922
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Person Depicted
Miss Edythe Ellison Harvie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1917 - 1922
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Creator (Possible)
Mr Robert W. Harvie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918 - 1922
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Individuals Identified
(left to right - back row):; Harvie, Jean; Harvie, Edythe Ellison; (left to right - front row):; Harvie, Alice Edington; unknown
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Format
Glass Negative, Quarter Plate, Black & White
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
161 mm (Width), 120 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Families, Portraits, Backyards, Clothing, Dogs, Domestic Animals, Fences, Flowers