IDNO

P.99680.VH

Description

“Ovalau Island; Levuka, Government House.” [von Hügel’s caption]

A small boy, Des Voeux's son, wearing European clothing and seated on a pony, which is being held by two Fijian men. Government House is in the background. [JD 10/12/2011]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka; Nasova

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Sir George William Des Voeux

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 2580913, and captioned as: "Nasova, Fiji 1881.
Photograph of Des Voeux's son sitting on pony flanked by Fijian youths in the driveway of Government House; shrub-covered round flowerbed to the left.
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]