IDNO

P.99735.VH

Description

F.H. Dufty photograph of men of the Armed Native Constabulary in meke (dance) order alongside the drawing room at Government House, Nasova, near Levuka, Ovalau. They are all uniformly dressed in white vandyked isulu skirts girded by red sashes, but are shirtless. Lieutenant Henry Olive at far right.
1875-1876. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Lieutenant Henry Olive; William Seed; Edward Herbert; Hugh Amherst

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1875 - 1876

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99725.VH to P.99758.VH were in the belted folder now numbered C539/1/. This 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 8/1/2012]

Related Image: An uncropped version of the same image is held at the Royal Collection Trust, reference Albumen print | RCIN 258090, and captioned as: "Fijian police, Nasova  1881.
Photograph of Fijian police engaged in drill or traditional dancing on the lawn; to right of this group stand Amherst, Herbert and Des Voeux; buildings of Government House behind. In the background are palm tree-covered hills.
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: Herbert, Edward William, Lt., Aide de Camp to Governor of Fiji (fl.1874-1880s)
Seed, William Henry (? fl.1880s)
Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl of Amherst (1856-1927). [Source: https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/search#/22/collection/2580908/fijian-police-nasova, JD 04/04/2017]

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]