Historical information

This image is one of several family group portraits taken by Stevenson and McNicoll on rural properties. The identity of this group of women and the young girl and the location where the image was taken has not been identified. They are presumably members of a family group.

Physical description

Small sepia unframed photograph on card with gold border framing photograph. Housed in the album, 'Photographs of Bacchus Marsh and District in 1883 by Stevenson and McNicoll'. The image shows a family group of four women and one young girl. Two of the women are standing, two are sitting and the young girl is standing but leaning with her left hand on one of the women who is seated.They are in a single row in front of a farm house and farm building. The family in this image and the precise location of the property have not been identified. The house in the background is a single storey timber structure with a shingled and corrugated iron roof. There is a verandah at the front.

Inscriptions & markings

On the front: Stevenson & McNicoll. Photo. 108 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME.
On the back: LIGHT & TRUTH inscribed on a banner surmounted by a representation of the rising sun.
Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to STEVENSON & McNICOLL LATE BENSON & STEVENSON, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, MELBOURNE.