Encased albumen photograph of Edward Robert Gore
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- Type
- Albumen prints, Photographs
- Materials
- Glass, Leather, Paper, Textile - non specific, Wood
- Collection
- Gallaway-Gore collection
- Accession number
- 2008.0021.0003
Description
A portrait photograph of a man in an embossed brown case. The photograph is an albumen print on paper showing a man with a small triangular moustache with his hair parted to the side. He wears a double breasted cutaway coat with only the top button fastened, over a waistcoat, high collared shirt and tie. He wears loose trousers and closed shoes. He stands with his hand on a balloon back chair which has been placed next to a small sloped desk with a book on it. The front and back of the wooden case have a brown leather-like embossed cover with a central motif of a floral bouquet inside a geometric shaped frame and surrounded by stylised scrolls. There are remnants of gold coloured decoration. The inside cover has an embossed indigo velvet lining featuring stylised scrolls. The photograph is within a gold coloured oval frame with embossed shields at each corner flanked by leafy branches behind glass. There is a thin gold coloured metal edging over the top of the glass. The case has two hooks on one edge and two metal rings on the other which would hold the case closed.
About the collection
The Gallaway-Gore collection consists of a number of objects, including a sword and scabbard, a family bible and prayer book, several framed portraits, and a number of family papers including letters, deeds, wills, birth and marriage certificates pertaining to the Gore-Gallaway family. There is a long history of achievement among the generations of the Gore-Gallaway family, including three generations of maritime service, from Captain John Gore senior, who sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour, his son Rear Admiral John Gore junior, who migrated to Australia and settled the property 'Gilmour' near Lake Bathurst, to his grandson Graham Gore, who was lost on the Franklin expedition. This history, as well as the family's subsequent experiences on 'Gilmour', are documented within the collection.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:26:49 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-17. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.