MANUSCRIPT
Photograph and two photocopies
- Date
- [ca 1864-1890, 2015]
- By
- W & D Downey (Firm)
- Reference
- MS-Papers-11967-2
- Description
Folder contains three items: Photograph of Sir Fiennes Colville, taken by W&D Downey of London; a photocopy of the same; photocopy of a studio portrait taken when Sir Fiennes was a younger man.
The photograph by W&D Downey is of the head and upper torso of Sir Fiennes. He is bearded and wearing a uniform with three medals.
In the photocopy of the studio portrait (by an unidentified photographer) Sir Fiennes' right sleeve is attached to a button on the front of his jacket, showing that his arm has been amputated below the elbow. His left arm rests on a podium beside his regimental cap and a handle, possibly that of a riding crop. Reverse of the photocopy has identification marks of Puke Ariki, Taranaki Museum.
Sir Fiennes Colville was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath. As a Captain in the 43rd Foot Regiment he received the Indian Mutiny and the New Zealand medals.
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Physical Description: Photograph 9x14cm, photocopies
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Colville, Fiennes Middleton (Sir), 1832-1917: Papers
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts, Photograph 9x14cm, photocopies
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