IMAGE
Alfred Walker on Shetland pony Tom Thumb, with brother John Walker and unidentified circus performers
- Date
- [1870-1871]
- Reference
- 1/1-000089-G
- Description
Shows Alfred Walker sitting on a Shetland pony called Tom Thumb in front of a wooden building. He is surrounded by older men; including his brother John Walker (possibly in riding clothes), Chang Woo Gow (Zhan Shichai; also known as Chang the Giant) and other unidentified circus performers. The pony was bought from a circus or sideshow by Alfred's father John Walker, proprietor of first Aramoho hotel, Roberts Avenue. Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui.
Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Persons identified by Library client.
A portrait of Chang Woo Gow the Chinese giant with his wife Kin Foo, taken circa 1870 by London Portrait Rooms, Dunedin, is held at theToitū Otago Settlers Museum (see A115).
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Processing information: Record updated on 26 October 2022 with name of Chang Woo Gow.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district / Harding, William James, 1826-1899 :Negatives of Wanganui district
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
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Alfred Walker on Shetland pony Tom Thumb, with brother John Walker and unidentified circus performers. Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district. Ref: 1/1-000089-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23198989More information can be found in our terms of use.