Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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Roche, Richard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1831 - 1888  (56 years)


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  • Name Roche, Richard 
    Born 16 Jun 1831  Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) BC  1858-1860 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 6 May 1888  Isle of Wight, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I76  Camera Workers | R, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2017 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A lieutenant on HMS Satellite, he was stationed at Esquimalt and took photos there, in Victoria and on San Juan Island. Some photographs previously credited to F.G. Claudet are now known to be Roche's work and may include some of the earliest photographs of British Columbia First Nations.

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA (Reliability: 3).
      Prints.

    2. [S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS (Reliability: 3).
      Prints.

    3. [S173] COLLECTION: YUL (Reliability: 3).
      Prints.

    4. [S309] Greenhill (1979), Ralph Greenhill and Andrew Birrell, (Toronto: Coach House Press, 1979) (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S380] Koltun (1984), Lilly Koltun, ed., (Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1984) (Reliability: 3).