IDNO

P.99679.VH

Description

“Ovalau Island; Levuka, Review of native constabulary.” [von Hügel’s caption]

"Group photograph with Des Voeux sitting on the verandah of the bungalow with his wife, son and Mr Thurston; in front stand Fijian police, holding guns in two groups. Barge crew seated on the grass in between. Herbert sits [sic? stands] with left group, Amherst with right group." [From Royal Collection Trust desription, JD 4/5/2017]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Near Levuka; Nasova

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Sir George Des Voeux; Mr Thurston; Edward Herbert; Hugh Amherst

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1874 - 1878

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99674.VH to P.99724.VH are in A.174.VH. The album was formerly kept in paper archive Large Box G; VH1/4/5. It has now been transferred to the photo archive. The lists describing the contents of this box have been returned to the Paper Archive.

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 10/12/2011]

Related Image: Same image held at the Royal Collection Trust, reference Albumen print | RCIN 2580909, and captioned as: "Mr Des Voeux in the verandah of the Princes' bedroom, Nasova, Fiji  1881.
Group photograph with Des Voeux sitting on the verandah of the bungalow with his wife, son and Mr Thurston; in front stand Fijian police, holding guns in two groups. Barge crew seated on the grass in between. Herbert sits [sic? stands] with left group, Amherst with right group.
Provenance - The Album 'Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante 1879-1882. Volume IV, Australia, Fiji' was compiled by the Reverend J N Dalton (1839-1931) and presented to King George V." [Source: https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/search#/22/collection/2580908/fijian-police-nasova, JD 04/04/2017]

Named Person: Sir George William Des Vœux GCMG (22 September 1834 – 15 December 1909) was a British colonial governor who served as Governor of Fiji (1880–1885), Governor of Newfoundland (1886–1887), and Governor of Hong Kong (1887–1891). [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Des_Vœux, JD 4/5/2017]

Biographical Information: Reverend (later Canon) John Neale Dalton KCVO CMG (24 September 1839 Margate, Kent – 28 July 1931) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He was a chaplain to Queen Victoria, a Canon of Windsor, and tutor and chaperone / companion to the future King George V and his brother Prince Albert Victor from c.1869 until 1882. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neale_Dalton, JD 4/5/2017]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [A. Nadin, 4/9/2003]