Maynard, Hannah Hatherly^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75]}

1834 - 1918  (84 years)

• Name	Maynard, Hannah Hatherly
  	VARIANT NAMES: Maynard, Mrs. R.; Maynard, Mrs. Richard; Hatherly, Hannah (bridal name); Hatherleigh, Hannah (baptismal name); Hannah Hatherley (spelling on gravestone).
  Birth	17 Jan 1834	Bude, Cornwall, Eng., UK
  Christening	2 Feb 1834	Stratton, Cornwall, Eng., UK   [76]
  Gender	Female
  Business Address/Year	1892-1906?	Victoria, BC
  	renumbered to 715 or 717 Pandora Avenue ca. 1907
  	Address: 41 1/2 Pandora Avenue Victoria, BC Canada
  	Sometimes numbered 41 Pandora Avenue.
  Marriage	24 Mar 1852	Bude, Cornwall, Eng., UK   [77, 78]
  	Groom: Maynard, Richard
  	While sources indicate they were married in Bude Haven, it is the same location as Bude.
  Business Address/Year	1862?-1874	Victoria, BC
  	Address: Johnson St. corner of Douglas St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1874-1892	Victoria, BC
  	Address: Douglas St. corner of Johnson St. Victoria, BC Canada
  	Listed between 1889-1891 at 99 Douglas St.; in 1892, listed as 97 and 99 Douglas St.
  Business Address/Year	1901-1903	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 41 1/2 Pandora Avenue Maynard Building Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1904-1905	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 45 1/2 Yates Street Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1908	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 715 Pandora Avenue Maynard Building Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1909-1912	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 717 Pandora Avenue Maynard Building Victoria, BC Canada
  Death	15 May 1918	Victoria, BC   [79]
  Burial	18 May 1918	Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC   [80, 81]
  Association	Maynard, Richard (Relationship: Spouse)
  Association	Maynard, Albert Hatherly (Relationship: Mother)
  Association	Rappertie, Arthur Stewart (Relationship: Employer)
  Association	Hendricks, Nicholas Herman (Relationship: Employer)
  Association	Macdonald, Emma (Relationship: Mother)
  Association	Macdonald, Emma (Relationship: Employee?)
  Association	Dally, Frederick (Relationship: Undefined)
  Association	Macdonald, Maynard Forbes (Relationship: Grandson)
  Association	Hatherley, James Thomas (Relationship: Undetermined)
  Person ID	I434	Camera Workers | M, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		"Indian Chief's Grave, Wrangel" Mrs. R. Maynard, Artist, stamp on bottom of mounted photograph taken by Richard Maynard at Wrangel, Alaska, 14 Jun 1879.
  		Photographer Richard Maynard with his field camera. Photographed in his wife's (Hannah Hatherly Maynard) studio. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. F-06336.
  		Hannah and Richard Maynard's adjoining businesses, Douglas and Johnson streets, Victoria. Richard relocated his boot and shoe business from Fort Street to this location around May 1874. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. A-00853 (HP001820).
  		Hannah (Mrs. R.) Maynard's first studio, Johnson St. (left side), Victoria. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-09031.
  		Hannah and Richard Maynard's camera float on Pandora Avenue for a Victoria parade. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. F-05137.
  		Maynard Building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria. A stereo photograph, this building housed Richard's boot and shoe business and Hannah's portrait studio. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. G-04812.
  		Maynard building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria, interior. Richard Maynard on the left. The stereographoscope, used for viewing stereographs and mounted single photographs, seen on the left in BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08996, is visible in this photo. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08870.
  		Maynard building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria, interior. The stereographoscope, used for viewing stereographs and mounted single photographs, seen on the left in BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08870, is visible in this photo. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08996.
  		Hannah Maynard portrait, ca. 1890s. The imprint on the verso dates the photograph to between 1874-1892.
  		Hannah (Mrs. R.) Maynard portrait, ca. 1880s. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item no. J-04784.
  		Wreck of the Barnard Castle near Rack Rocks, 1886. Photograph credited to Mrs. R. Maynard, but likely taken by Richard Maynard. This was the collier on which the fraudster C.K. Wilson who posed as a photographer made good his escape from Nanaimo in 1882. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-00007.
  		Indian Reserve Commission camp, Boston Bar, May-June 1878. Photographed by either Richard or Hannah, this mounted version bears the Mrs. R. Maynard imprint on the verso. Richard's version of this same scene is a stereograph. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2054_0001.
  		Indian Reserve Commission camp, Boston Bar, May-June 1878. Photographed by either Richard or Hannah, this stereograph is identified as Richard's work. The single mounted print version bears the Mrs. R. Maynard imprint on the verso.
  		Richard and Hannah Maynard, 1874-1892. This portrait was taken in front of a large sign outside and between their joint businesses in a wood building at the corner of Douglas and Johnson streets. Courtesy of BC Archives Item C-08673 (HP056736).
  		Richard Maynard stereograph with an unidentified young photographer, ca. 1880s. This is an enlarged and cropped screen print from the right-hand image. The trio of cyclists, one of whom may be Hannah Maynard, are stopped at a structure known as the mushroom seat next to Beacon Hill Park's Good Acre Lake with the stone bridge crossing it in the background. The young man on the left is carrying a camera -- could it be a Kodak, first introduced in 1888? If that is Hannah, the young man with the camera could be a grandson. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1084_0016. For a photograph of a similar scene from a different perspective, also credited to Richard Maynard, see the City of Victoria Archives, Victoria E. Lemmax fonds, Item M07222.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, ca. 1893. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP000235.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, 20 Aug 1879. The photograph depicts the SS Princess Louise side-paddle steamer docked at Comox during Richard and Hannah's working vacation around Vancouver Island. Courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP000404 (item A-00190).
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, between 1874-1892. From a private collection.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, between 1874-1892. From a private collection.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard's ad, Victoria Colonist, 23 Oct 1874, p. 2. She moved to this location following the construction of Richard's new boot and shoe store in the spring 1874 which he occupied in May 1874. Richard added to the building a purpose-built photographic gallery for his wife which she moved to from Johnson St. in the fall 1874. This ad was still being published in the Colonist in Jun 1875.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 25 Mar 1868, p. 3. She marketed photographs of the 1868 Fanny shipwreck taken on 24 Mar 1868. Although the newspaper claimed they were taken by her, they were likely taken by her husband Richard.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 25 Dec 1881, p. 3. About her famous "Gems of British Columbia" photo composite annual series of portraits of children.
  		R.E. Gosnell's biography of Richard Maynard and family, A History [of] British Columbia (1906), p. 399. Page one of three.
  		R.E. Gosnell's biography of Richard Maynard and family, A History [of] British Columbia (1906), p. 400. Page two of three.
  		Hannah Maynard's obituary, Victoria Colonist, 17 May 1918, p. 7, part 3.
  		Hannah Maynard's obituary, Victoria Colonist, 17 May 1918, p. 7, part 2.
  		R.E. Gosnell's biography of Richard Maynard and family, A History [of] British Columbia (1906), p. 401. Page three of three.
  		Hannah Maynard's obituary, Victoria Colonist, 17 May 1918, p. 7, part 1.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 11 Oct 1872, p. 3. An article about the first provincial agricultural exhibition mentioned her stereoscopic views which may in fact have been taken by her husband Richard.
  		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 19 Jun 1878, p. 3. About their photographic visit to the mainland which took them likely as far as Lytton at the junction of the Fraser and Thompson rivers.
  		R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 5 Apr 1896, p. 8. This item references the photo studio but credits Richard, rather than Hannah, with its ownership.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a carte-de-visite, ca. 1878-1879. From a private collection.
  		J.B. Kerr's biography of Richard Maynard, p. 229.
  		J.B. Kerr's biography of Richard Maynard, p. 230.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, 4 Dec 1884, p. 4.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard entry, The New West (1888), p. 199. Richard Maynard's field photography is mentioned at the end of this entry.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard entry, The New West (1888), p. 200. Richard Maynard's field photography is mentioned at the end of this entry.
  		Mrs. R. and Richard's ad, Victoria Colonist, 9 Jan 1892, p. 2.
  		Maynard Building[?] construction cost[?], Victoria Colonist, 1 Jan 1892, p. 8. The $9,000.00 may be an assessed amount or the construction cost. J. Maynard is likely a typo for R. Maynard.
  		Richard Maynard and Mrs. R. removal auction, Victoria Colonist, 23 Mar 1892, p. 1. To save the expense of moving stock one block, the Maynards held an auction.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, Victoria Colonist, 26 Mar 1892, p. 8. In this ad she lets her customers know of her new address effective 28 Mar 1892 and thanked them for 30 years of business or since 1862.
  		Mrs. R. and Richard Maynard's joint ad, Victoria Colonist, 1 Apr 1892, p. 2. This is their first joint ad following their move from their former addresses on Douglas Street.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 20 Apr 1883, p. 3. For the photograph see https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/japanese-fishing-crew-rescured-in-china-sea-by-barque-tiger-these-men-are-believed-to-be-first-japanese-in-victoria
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 27 May 1883, p.3. This same issue published two pieces about photos taken by O.C. Hastings of Spencer and Hastings of the same subject matter on Thursday, 24 May. The photographs were almost certainly taken by her husband, Richard Maynard. For a possible match to the baseball game, see https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/baseball-game-in-beacon-hill-park-victoria-2
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 3 Jan 1885, p. 3. About the Gems of British Columbia series and an additional photograph.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Aug 1885, p. 3. The Point Ellice Bridge collapsed under the weight of an overloaded streetcar 26 on May 1896. There were over four dozen deaths.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 4 Jun 1885, p. 3. As the tintype, like the daguerreotype, was a one-off process, it is not clear whether this was a tongue-in-cheek or a serious reference to the end product of her portraiture.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 15 Oct 1885, p. 3. The photograph was taken on 10 Oct 1885 when the Governor-General, the Marquess of Lansdowne, was aboard the ship. For the HMS Triumph photo, see https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/hms-triumph-in-esquimalt (BC Archives item A-00318 / HP000720).
  		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard's ad, Chittenden, Settlers, Miners and Tourists Guide from Ocean to Ocean by the CPR (1885), p. 112.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, 1884. Published in Newton H. Chittenden's report of his exploration of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) in 1884, p. 65.
  		Mrs. R. and Richard Maynard ad, Victoria Province, 2 Feb 1895, p. 82. A dual ad for their businesses at 41 Pandora Ave. which they had opened in March 1892 in their own building. Mrs. R. Maynard's studio was upstairs and it was entered through a separate outside entrance whose address was 41 1/2 Pandora Ave.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, Victoria Standard, 8 Dec 1885, p. 3. These CPR views were more than likely chiefly taken by Richard Maynard since he had spent several years in the early 1880s documenting construction of the railway.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, Victoria Colonist, 1 Jan 1888, p. 1. Informing "ladies" who had portraits of their children taken in 1887 were eligible to receive one of the annual Gems of British Columbia collages.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, Victoria Colonist, 3 Jan 1889, p. 1. Refers to the annual Gems of British Columbia collage containing thousands of tiny images of children photographed by the Maynard studio. The ad is dated 31 Dec 1888 with a scheduled first publication date of 1 Jan 1889.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Times, 21 Sep 1885, p. 4. About the publication in the St. Louis Photographer of one of the annual Gems of British Columbia collages, this one containing tiny portraits of 1,800 children and babies.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, Victoria Times, 11 Feb 1888, p. 4. Essentially the same notice that first appeared in the Colonist in January 1888, eligible customers who had had a child photographed in 1887 could receive a free Gems of British Columbia collage.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Jan 1892, p. 73. Notes that the studio has been producing the Gems of British Columbia for 12 years or since 1880.
  		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard ads, Victoria Colonist, 31 Jan 1871, p. 3. At this time they operated in two separate locations, Richard in the Occidental Building or Block on Fort Street, and Hannah on Johnson St. near Douglas St.
  		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 30 Mar 1892, p. 8. Their former location at Douglas and Johnson streets was taken over by George Vienna as a fish and fruit store.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard and Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 8 Oct 1875, p. 3. While this prize list for a Victoria agricultural show held at the Philharmonic Hall and adjacent grounds listed her as "Miss Maynard," this is more than likely Mrs. R. Maynard and not her daughter Emma.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of carte-de-visite, ca. 1868-1878. The photograph on the recto is a portrait of an Indigenous woman (PA-195149). Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, PA-195571.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a carte-de-visite, between 1874-1892. The recto is a portrait of Hannah Maynard. The design on the verso is a variation of another identical design.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of carte-de-visite, ca. 1879. This is the same design as used on the verso of a photograph taken on 20 Aug 1879 during Richard and Hannah's working vacation around Vancouver Island. The recto of this private collection photograph is a portrait of a family.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, bottom front of mounted photograph, 1890s. The photograph is a portrait of a young man in a sailor's uniform, so he was likely a crew member in one of the Royal Navy vessels at Esquimalt. The verso of the card is blank.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, 1891-1892. This ad was published in British Columbia: a Description of its Natural Resources, Commercial Advantages, Leading Mercantile and Business Houses (Victoria: Phil R. Smith, 1891-92).
  		Indian Reserve Commission camp, Boston Bar, May-June 1878. Verso of mounted print photographed by either Richard or Hannah. The single mounted print bears Mrs. R. Maynard's imprint, while Richard's stereograph of the identical scene is identified as his work. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2054_0001.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of card photograph, 1874-1892. The photograph is a head-and-shoulders portrait of an unidentified man. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2001_0013.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a card photograph, 1874-1892. The photograph is a studio portrait of a man and woman, possibly an engagement or wedding portrait. All four sides have scalloped edges. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2001_0010.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of card photograph, 1874-1892. The photograph is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2001_0009.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of card photograph, 1874-1892. The photograph is a studio portrait of a woman wearing a hat and holding an infant, possibly a baptismal portrait. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2001_0004.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of card photograph, 1874-1892. The photograph is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman wearing a ribbon and lace hat. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2001_0012.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of carte-de-visite, 1883. The photograph is a studio portrait of a seated Mrs. Thomas Blinkhorn, aged 78, and bears a date of 16 Jul 1883. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item F-07321 (HP002356).
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Daily Times, 18 Aug 1884, p. 3. This was not the first time one or the other Maynard was mistaken for the other. Hannah's solo trip to Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) was on the Princess Louise between 2 and 17 Aug 1884.
  		Richard and Hannah Maynard and Spencer and Hastings news, Victoria Colonist, 27 Sep 1884, p. 3. Mrs. R. Maynard exhibited portraits, Richard displayed his stereographs, while the Spencer and Hastings firm showed off their portrait skills at the annual provincial exhibition in Victoria in the new two-story Agricultural Hall in Beacon Hill Park bordering on Heywood Avenue.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 1. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 2. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 3. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 4. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
  		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, Victoria Daily Standard, 20 Jun 1870, supplement, between p. 2 and 3. The newspaper noted that due to the large number of ads they were forced to publish a supplement. Mrs. R. Maynard's ad is in column 1. Note her use of the phrase "Photographic Artiste". This ad was scheduled to run for one year.
  	Mrs. R. and R. Maynard ads, Victoria Colonist, 2 Apr 1898, p. 2.
  	Mrs. R. Maynard and O.C. Hastings news, Victoria Times, 17 Jul 1886, p. 4. The individual described in this news item has not been identified.
  	Detail from the Goad fire insurance plan showing the Maynard Building, 41 and 41 1/2 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, 1891, revised to Jul 1895. The "cabins" shown behind the Maynard Block were built for Richard as rentals and were referred to as the Maynard cabins. Note the existence of two other photo studios on the east side of Douglas St. at 99 and 103 1/2 Douglas. 99 Douglas was the former address of the Maynard photo studio before it was moved in 1892 into the Maynard Block. 97 Douglas St. at the corner of Johnson was the former location of Richard's boot and shoe store.
  	Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, 1873-1885? This imprint appears on the back of a carte-de-visite version of a photograph taken by Richard Maynard on 9 June 1873 at Takush Harbour. The photograph depicts a group of unidentified Gwa'sala adults and children sitting on the ground. Richard also marketed this photograph as a stereograph for which the BC Archives preserves the original negative. The image itself was publicized as late as 1885.

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Hannah Maynard's gravestone closeup, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC.
  		Hannah Maynard's gravestone base, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC.
  		Hannah Maynard's gravestone, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Married in 1852 to Richard Maynard, she emigrated to the Colony of Vancouver Island with her family in 1862. Although no direct, third-party evidence has been located, it is believed she opened Mrs. R. Maynard's Photographic Gallery the same year. In 1892 when she moved to her new studio on Pandora Ave. she thanked her customers for their business over the past 30 years. She was the first professional photographer of her gender in Victoria, let alone the province, for many years. Primarily a portrait photographer, she boasted upon her retirement in 1912 of having photographed just about everyone who passed through Victoria. She and Richard made a few trips together; dates and destinations of some of these trips together are 1875 (San Francisco), 1878 (Lower Mainland to Fraser Canyon), 1879 (Vancouver Island pleasure cruise), 1887, 1888 and 1889 (Banff), 1888 (Haida Gwaii [Queen Charlotte Islands]). She travelled solo to Haida Gwaii on the Princess Louise in 1884 following Richard's trip there earlier that year. She also made other trips by herself or with one of her daughters. Both practiced landscape photography it is not always clear, though their work was marketed under separate imprints, exactly who took which photographs. Hannah also experimented with novelty techniques such as photosculpture (persons made to resemble statues), multiple exposure tricks, and composite imagery. Her probate, executed by her son Albert, says she disposed of her equipment about 1910 to a Chinese photographer named Peter on Government St. She was last listed as a photographer in the 1912 business directory. Albert donated her studio register to the BC Archives in 1933 (item MS-3325), and also disposed of all negatives to the BC Archives by donation or sale at various dates. About the only other personal or business records by Hannah preserved by the BC Archives are an account of her trip to San Francisco with Richard in 1875 and their 1879 trip around Vancouver Island. The 45 1/2 Yates Street address listing in the early 1900s business directories alphabetic name section is a case of mistaken identity in that the street directory indicates the Mrs. R. Maynard at that address was the widow of Ruben Maynard. Victoria playwright Janet Munsil's play Be Still about Hannah Maynard premiered at Richmond's Gateway Theatre on 1 Mar 2001 and opened at Victoria's Belfry Theatre on 14 Mar 2001. For an assessment of Hannah Maynard's role in the development of the arts within Victoria by women, see the exhibit catalogue edited by Karen A. Finlay, "A Woman's Place" (University of Victoria, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery (2004). Elizabeth Lazebnik's short film The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard (2004) is a creative interpretation of her photography, especially the period following the death of youngest daughter, Laura Lillian Maynard, in 1883. The deaths of another daughter, Emma Jane MacDonald (nee Maynard) in 1893, and a daughter-in-law, Adelaide Maynard, in 1892, also contributed to Hannah's spiritualist church connection. Elizabeth Lazebnik's longer film Be Still (2021) is based on Janet Munsil's play of the same name. While the film begins with an intertitle claiming Hannah was the first surrealist photographer, nothing could be further from the truth. The film does an excellent job of conveying her studio and household milieu, all with no mention of the extraordinary role and decades of work by her assistant Arthur S. Rappertie. The film telescopes Hannah and Rappertie's work into what appear to be a few years, if not months, in 1885, whereas the trick photographs and photomontages ("Gems of British Columbia") occurred over the course of more than a decade. IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Mrs. R. Maynard Photographic Artiste Johnson Street, Near Douglas, Victoria, V.I. B.C." on verso of carte-de-visite (2 styles). "Mrs. R. Maynard, Photographic Artiste, Douglass [sic] St., Victoria, V.I., B.C." on verso of carte-de-visite (2 styles). "From Mrs. R. Maynard's Photographic Studio, cor. Douglas & Johnson Sts., Victoria, B.C." on verso of print mount (various styles). "Mrs. R. Maynard, Photographer, 41 ½ Pandora Avenue, Near Douglas Street Victoria, B.C." on verso of print mount. The bottom front of the print mount may also be marked "Mrs. R. Maynard, Victoria, B.C." or "Mrs. R. Maynard, Artiste."

  
  

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