Name | Withrow, David | |
Birth | 5 Sep 1827 | New Brunswick [1, 2] |
Gender | Male | |
Where Active (Non-Specific Address) | Nov 1868-1870 | New Westminster, BC; Moodyville (Burrard Inlet), BC |
Death | 12 Jun 1905 | Victoria, BC [2] |
Person ID | I27 | Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900 |
Last Modified | 2 Jun 2023 |
Photos | David Withrow's photograph of ships at Moodyville, BC, ca. 1869-1870. This photograph was published as an engraving in the Illustrated London News of 1 Jun 1872, p. 348. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, Mi P43. | |
F.G. Claudet, ca. Mar 1870. Photographed in David Withrow's New Westminster studio, the inclusion of the stereograph viewer is intentional as a reminder of Claudet's connection through his father with the earliest years of stereoscopic photography. British Columbia Archives Item G-07033 (HP002481). | ||
David Withrow photograph of miners, Eureka Silver Mine, near Hope, ca. 1868. This photograph was published as an engraving in the Canadian Illustrated News, 15 Jun 1872, p. 373. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-06769. | ||
F.G. Claudet or David Withrow, Hope, BC, 1860s. Part of the Claudet family fonds at the BC Archives, this photograph appears to be the basis for the engraving credited to Withrow and published in the Canadian Illustrated News, 18 May 1872, p. 309. The two photographers knew each other. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-03530. |
Documents | David Withrow's ad, British Columbian (New Westminster), 1869 03 20. In addition to his New Westminster studio, Withrow also opened a studio in 1869 at Moodyville in what is now North Vancouver. | |
David Withrow's ID from the verso of a carte-de-visite portrait. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP015237. | ||
David Withrow's ID from the verso of a carte-de-visite portrait. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP015222. | ||
David Withrow, engraving of ships at Moodyville, BC, 1 Jun 1872. Canadian Illustrated News, 1 Jun 1872, p. 348. Credited to him and based on his photograph from ca. 1869-1870. | ||
David Withrow, explanation for the engraving, 1 Jun 1872. An explanation for the engraving (p. 348) based on David Withrow's photograph, Canadian Illustrated News, 1 Jun 1872, p. 339. | ||
David Withrow, engraving of Moody, Dietz and Nelson sawmill, Moodyville, BC, 22 Jun 1872. Canadian Illustrated News, 22 Jun 1872, p. 389. Credited to him and based on his photograph, likely ca. 1869-1870. | ||
David Withrow, explanation for the engraving, 22 Jun 1872. An explanation for the engraving (p. 389) based on David Withrow's photograph, Canadian Illustrated News, 22 Jun 1872, p. 387. | ||
David Withrow, engraving of Hope, BC, 18 May 1872. Canadian Illustrated News, 18 May 1872, p. 309. Credited to Withrow and based on a photograph, 1860s. It is possible Withrow was not the original photographer. A photograph at the BC Archives, part of the Claudet family fonds (Item A-03530), appears to be the basis for the engraving. | ||
David Withrow, explanation for the engraving, 18 May 1872. An explanation for the engraving (p. 309) based on David Withrow's photograph, Canadian Illustrated News, 18 May 1872, p. 307. | ||
David Withrow, coloured engraving of Hope, BC, 18 May 1872. Canadian Illustrated News, 18 May 1872, p. 309. Credited to him and based on his photograph, likely ca. 1869-1870. It is possible Withrow was not the original photographer. As the original published version was black-and-white, this is a colourized version of the engraving. | ||
David Withrow, engraving of miners, Eureka Silver Mine, near Hope, BC, 15 Jun 1872. Canadian Illustrated News, 15 Jun 1872, p. 373. Credited to him and based on his photograph, ca. 1868. | ||
David Withrow, explanation for the engraving, 15 Jun 1872. An explanation for the engraving (p. 373) based on David Withrow's photograph, Canadian Illustrated News, 15 Jun 1872, p. 372. | ||
David Withrow, engraving of ships at Moody, Dietz and Nelson sawmill, Moodyville, BC, 13 Jul 1872. Canadian Illustrated News, 13 Jul 1872, p. 20. Credited to him and based on his photograph, likely ca. 1869-1870. | ||
David Withrow, explanation for the engraving, 13 Jul 1872. An explanation for the engraving (p. 20) based on David Withrow's photograph, Canadian Illustrated News, 13 Jul 1872, p. 21. |
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