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Photograph, A.W. Burman, Phillip and Sarah Ann Shillinglaw (nee Kidd) and children, c.1878-1879
... Sarah Ann Shillinglaw (nee Kidd) (1850-1891)... Shillinglaw (1873-1878) Sarah Ann Shillinglaw (nee Kidd) (1850-1891 ...
Photographer: A.W. Burman,
Artist Photographer,
209 Bourke Street East,
Melbourne
According to Sands & McDougall Melbourne Directory, Arthur W. Burman was active 209 Bourke St East, Melbourne from 1878 to circa 1885-1890
Sarah’s hairstyle is late 1870s/early 1880s .
The children could possibly be Sarah Ann Shillinglaw (1873-1878) and Caroline Shillinglaw (1876-1956) which would date the photo early 1878 or Caroline Shillinglaw (1876-1956) and William Shillinglaw (1877-1891) which would date the photo early 1879 as Sarah was pregnant with Elizabeth Ann Shillinglaw who was born Aug 1879..
Daughter Jane Shillinglaw (1876-1876) had died prior to the date of this image.
CARTE-DE-VISITE (cdv) 1857-1890
Cartes-de-visite (cdv's) are the most common form of photograph from the nineteenth century, generally measuring two and a half inches by four and an eighth inches (6.3 x 10.5 cm) when mounted, sepia toned, mounted on a card which was generally printed with the photographer's name and address on the back or beneath the portrait.
- Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 19911878-1885, 1879, a.w. burman photographer 209 bourke st east, marg ball collection, phillip shillinglaw (1842-1914), sarah ann shillinglaw (1873-1878), sarah ann shillinglaw (nee kidd) (1850-1891), shillinglaw family photo album 1