Name | Green, Rowland Edward | |
Birth | 1848 | Eng., UK [19] |
Christening | 5 Nov 1848 | Bebington, Cheshire, Eng., UK [19] |
Gender | Male | |
Business Address/Year | 1870-1872 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Fort St. south side near Government St. Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Marriage | 31 Aug 1877 | Victoria, BC [20] |
Bride: Elizabeth Maud Le Clerc | ||
Marriage | 17 Jun 1911 | Vancouver, BC [21] |
Bride: Emily Mary Walter Smith | ||
Death | 24 Feb 1917 | Vancouver, BC [22] |
Association | Green Brothers (Relationship: Partner; Manager) | |
Association | Green, George R. (Relationship: Brother) | |
Association | Fort Street Gallery (Relationship: Co-proprietor; Proprietor) | |
Person ID | I232 | Camera Workers | G, vol. 1, 1858-1900 |
Last Modified | 4 Nov 2021 |
Documents | Green Brothers ad, Victoria Colonist, 13 Oct 1870, p. 4. The Green Brothers had acquired Frederick Dally's photographs in September 1870 and this was their first ad in which they represented the images as their own. This ad was still running in Feb 1871. The same ad was published in the Victoria Daily Standard newspaper. | |
Green Brothers imprint, ca. 1870-1871. Since the Green Brothers acquired Frederick Dally's stock, it is not surprising that the "N.B." note at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of Dally's imprints (Dally, BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP002599). Image courtesy of BC Archives, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17. | ||
Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 27 Sep 1870, p. 3. About the sale of his studio to the Green Brothers and a sale, by Dally, of 12,000 cartes-de-visites of Indigenous people. | ||
G.R. or R.E. Green news item, Victoria Colonist, 21 Oct 1870, p. 3. About one or the other Green brother's trip on HMS Sparrowhawk with Governor Anthony Musgrave and the Colonial Secretary. The ship did not go past the northern end of Vancouver Island and thus never made it to the Stikine River. | ||
G.R. or R.E. Green news article, Victoria Colonist, 4 Nov 1870, p. 3. About one or the other Green brother's trip on HMS Sparrowhawk with Governor Anthony Musgrave and the Colonial Secretary. The article notes that photographs were taken by Green at Knight Inlet. This was three years before Richard Maynard visited the same location. | ||
Green Brothers news, Victoria Colonist, 28 Oct 1870, p. 3. About their exhibiting Dally's photographs at the agricultural show. | ||
Green Brothers news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1870, p. 3. About their exhibiting Dally's photos at the annual show of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society which was held on a property on Cook St. | ||
Fort Street Gallery ad, Victoria Colonist, 12 Feb 1872, p. 2. This ad notes the remodelling of the studio and its new owner, R.E. Green, formerly of the Green Brothers. | ||
Fort Street Gallery news, Victoria Colonist, 17 Mar 1872, p. 3. This item states that the negatives are leaving the colony, however, in Aug 1872 an auction was held of Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment. | ||
Frederick Dally ad, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1872, p. 3. The auctioneers Plummer and Pagden sold Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment on 15 Aug 1872. | ||
Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1872, p. 3. About the auction of Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment by auctioneers Plummer and Pagden on 15 Aug 1872. | ||
Green Brothers ad, Victoria Colonist, 30 Jul 1871, p. 2. "Rembrandt photographs" refers to a lighting style intended to mimic that employed by Rembrandt the artist. | ||
Green Brothers news, Victoria Daily Standard, 10 May 1871, p. 3. This little item describes a trick photograph similar to what Mrs. R. Maynard experimented with through her multiple exposures about 20 years later. |
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