Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Wrigglesworth, J D, 1836-1906

Wellington photographer who established photographic firm in 1863. He was joined by F C Binns in 1874, who ran the Christchurch Offices. See also Wrigglesworth & Binns. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Wellington)

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Photograph album belonging to Edith Agnes Nimmo (nee Fitzgerald) 1

Date: [Circa 1860s-1890s]

From: Hoskins, Barbara, active 1941-2015 : Photographs relating to the Philps, Nimmo, and Anton families

By: Batt & Richards (Firm); Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Cazneau, Emily Florence, 1855-1892; Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Connolly & Herrmann (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; New Zealand Photographic Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Pollard, Edwin Kelah, 1855-1905; Shailer, George William, 1848-1918; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA1-q-1151

Description: Photograph album formerly belonging to Edith Agnes Nimmo (nee Fitzgerald) of Standen Street, Karori, Wellington. Contains carte de viste and cabinet card studio portraits of adults, children and babies relating to her maternal line, the Philps family. Taken circa 1860s to circa 1890s by a range of photographers. Some portraits annotated in pencil as; Harriet Ellen (nee Philps), Charles Parker, Bill Nimmo, Ernest Ross (aged two years, from Edie), Ethel Soper (nee Brogan), Eileen Brogan (Frank's daughter), Annie Taylor?, Emma Philps (Edward's wife), Edward Brogan, Catherine Philps, Agnes Nimmo (grandpa's sister m. Walter Carter?, Elizabeth Francis m. Henry Philps, Agnes Parker, Alex Parker, Frank, Alfred (Bob) Parker, Ida Rentoul (nee Parker), twins Lily and Flo, Elizabeth Parker (nee Hartley, wife of Alex), Phelan?, Agnes Brogan/Whittaker, Jacobsensen?. Portraits include children with spinning top, other toys and dogs, plus a man in an academic gown, mortar board and dark glasses, One portrait is inscribed on reverse 'J.V.Kyte'. John Philps and wife Catherine (nee Turner) emigrated to Wellington on board the 'Lord William Bentinck' in 1841. They travelled with five children, Henry, Frances (Fanny), Emma, Jacob and Harriet Ellen. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Embossed leather covers with gilding. No spine. Back cover is loose. Blank watersilk end papers. Front cover has brass clip on right hand edge. Text block has gold gilding. First page has 'Album' text. Several pages have printed illustrations of flowers. 30 x 24 cm.

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Martin family :Photographs of Wellington and district

Date: ca 1866-1888

By: Cresswell, Diana, active 2000; Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901; Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6229

Description: 1 mounted print showing Wright's farm; 1 mounted albumen print by J D Wrigglesworth showing an unidentified scene; 3 mounted albumen prints by Wrigglesworth & Binns showing the Pleione aground at Waikanae and at the Railway Wharf, Wellington; 3 mounted prints by W H Davis showing the Wellington waterfront, ca 1866 (parts of a panoramic sequence). Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: The photographs were collected by the family of John Martin (1822-1892) of Huangarua, his son William James Martin, and his grandson William Geddes Martin (the father of the donor).

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Wrigglesworth, James Dacie (Wellington) fl 1836-1906 :Portrait of unidentified woman

Date: 1836 - 1906

By: Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA3-0255

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Wellington Amateur Operatic Society :Mikado, or the town of Titipu. Friday 14th Decembe...

Date: 1888

By: Bock & Cousins Lithographers (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-OPERA-1888-02

Description: Performers include: Mr R H Fisher, Mr G H Munt, Mr W D Lyon, Mr E T Sayers, Mr W A Rumsey, Miss Parkes, Miss Staples, Miss K Frankel, Miss Young, and the conductor, Mr Hautrie West. The Wellington Amateur Operatic Society personnel are listed as: Patron, Sir W F D Jervois, President G E Tolhurst, Chairman J D Wrigglesworth, Treasurer Mr W R Bock, Stage Manager W D Lyon, Assistant Stage Manager S Robinson, Secretary P Levi; Committee: Messrs Binns, Young, Davy, Nicholls, Lyon and Sayers. Programme is centrally placed and is surrounded by a colourful border of Japanese figures in costume, against a light green background. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) as programme.. Physical Description: Letterpress and screenprint, 445 x 30 mm.

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Bowden, Beverley :Family photographs

Date: 1862 - 1900

By: Hemus & Hanna (Firm); Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Farley and Company; Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Peyman, Benjamin, 1823?-1897; Thompson, David, 1828-1914; Bowden, Beverley, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-3701

Description: Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies.

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Shirley album

Date: [ca 1870s-1900s]

From: Shirley, Elizabeth, 1841?-1914 :Photographs relating to the Shirley family

By: Cazneau and Connolly (Firm); Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Carnell, Samuel, 1832-1920; Baillie, Gordon, 1827-1875; Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Company; Andrew Brothers (Firm); Corbett, James, active 1873-1895; Burman, Frederick Charles, active 1867-1900; Batt & Richards (Firm); Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928; Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911; Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA1-q-902

Description: Album presented to Elizabeth Shirley by her husband Thomas Shirley on their 20th wedding anniversary, 13 June 1879. Contains portraits of the Shirley and Haynes families. Arrangement: Loose photographs from this album are housed at PAColl-7810-1 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather covered album 30.3 x 23.7 cm

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Fildes album

Date: [Between 1869 and 1920]

By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Clifford & Morris (Firm); London Portrait Rooms (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA1-o-171

Description: Cartes de visite, chiefly of the Fildes and Taine families. Many are identified only by their Christian names. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album is a portrait of Percy Fildes, and two views of a large placard on the Bank of New Zealand building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Streets, Wellington, taken on 15 March 1918. The placard reads `Help our boys' and has a target of 25,000 pounds to be raised. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Red cover, heavily embossed with gold and black decoration, metal clasp; 16 x 23 cm

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Wrigglesworth, James Dacie (Wellington) fl 1836-1906 :Portrait of unidentified woman

Date: 1836 - 1906

From: Jarman Collection : Portrait photographs

By: Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA3-0256

Description: Portrait of woman (Head and shoulders) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Wrigglesworth, James Dacie (Wellington) fl 1836-1906 :Portrait of Percy Windle

Date: Dec 1893

From: Jarman Collection : Portrait photographs

By: Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA3-0257

Description: Shows baby aged 10 months Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil and almost faded: Percy [Clive] Windle 10 months when taken Dec 1893 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Mantell album 1

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant:Family photograph albums

By: Roberts, F J, active 1870s?; Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906

Reference: PA1-o-326

Description: Album of cartes de visite of New Zealanders, and English people relating to Walter Mantell, most of whom are fully identified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with heavily embossed brown leather cover, brass clasps; 15.5 x 13.0 cm

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Carver, Prudence :Cartes de visite portraits of Maori

Date: ca 1863-ca 1870

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Swan & Wrigglesworth (Firm); Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906; Carver, Prudence, active 2021

Reference: PAColl-7730

Description: Carte de visit portraits of Maori, taken in the 1860s by various Wellington photographers, including J D Wrigglesworth, Swan & Wrigglesworth, and James Bragge. Most of the individuals are unidentified. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cartes de visite portraits Provenance: From the family of William Hort Levin (1845-1893)

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Blundell album 2

Date: [Circa 1860s-1890s]

From: Blundell, John Barraud, 1904-1975 : Photograph albums

By: Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company

Reference: PA1-o-044

Description: Album of cartes de visite, unidentified portraits. Photographs taken circa 1860s to 1880s by various photographers including J D Wrigglesworth and Davis & Co, both of Wellington, and Hart, Campbell & Co., Otago. Most of the photographer's names are hidden. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Heavily embossed cover, cartes de visite album, 150 x 225 mm

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Miscellaneous letters and papers

Date: [1893-1904]

From: Fosella, M Marco, fl 1890s-1903 : Papers relating to the Grand Orient of France

Reference: MS-Papers-6563-1

Description: Comprises inward correspondence to Fosella from members and officials in France; circulars; receipts; business card for G Levannier, musician on board the `Dubourdieu', Pacific Naval Division; hand copied translation of `Ritual of adoption of the three veils' by B Foussier (1885); personal circulars to Fosella from HQ; and other papers. Not all persons entered under Name. Includes notice of death of Eugene-Louis Ruffault in 1900 at Rouen. Quantity: 1 folder(s).