Glass Negative - Grandmother Hoyt with George & Lawrence Beckett, London, England, 1891

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Summary:: Thomas Beckett's grandmother, Mrs Hoyt, with his sons George and Lawrence, taken in her garden in London, England, 1891.

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.

Thomas Beckett and his family visited relatives in England in 1891.
Description Of Content:: Grandmother Hoyt seated in the corner of a walled garden nursing Lawrence Beckett on knee with George Beckett standing alongside.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Mrs Joan Hadden

Discipline:

Technology

Tagged with:	families, fences, portraits
Themes this item is part of:	Domestic & Community Life Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937)
Primary Classification:	PORTRAITS
Secondary Classification:	Male & Female - Groups
Tertiary Classification:	adults & children
Original Caption:	GRANDMOTHER, GEORGE AND LAWRENCE BECKETT, UK.
People Depicted:	Beckett, George; Beckett, Lawrence; Hoyt, Grandmother
Format:	Glass Negative: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	London, England, Great Britain, 1891
Photographer:	Dr Thomas Beckett, 1891