Summary

Glass plate negative portrait of Miss F. Mummery standing, holding a newspaper or magazine, possibly taken by Melbourne photographer, Robert Harvie.

Robert William 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

Portrait of a young woman standing while holding a large format newspaper, book or magazine, resting in her visible arm. She is facing the left hand side of the image, showing her profile, and is dressed in a white dress with a large round circular collar. She has her hair in an up do style, which appears to have a flower or white bow in it. She wears bracelets on her arms supporting the book.

Physical Description

Glass plate negative, black and white, portrait format.

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