Portrait of the "crew of the S Y [Royal Mersey Steam Yacht] Argo," June 1886, 1886 June
- Call Number:
- MSS 12
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Title(s):
- Portrait of the "crew of the S Y [Royal Mersey Steam Yacht] Argo," June 1886.
- Date:
- 1886 June
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Oversize
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 1, folder 1
- Provenance:
- Gift of Keith (Yale BA 1968) and Millie Marshall, 2012
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Portrait of the crew shows assembled sailors and staff, including one or two chefs and two women who look to be either nurses or maids. "The Argo," a steam yacht appears to have been instrumental in scientific expeditions in the 1870s through the 1890s. It is referenced in the title of Henry Hugh Higgins's 1877 book, "Notes by a Field-Naturalist in the Western Tropics: From a Journal Kept on Board the Royal Mersey Steam Yacht, 'The Argo.'" A small graphite sketch appears on the mounting card. It shows a view of a bay edged by mountains. It is labeled, in pen and ink, "Getting towards Kingstown Sugarloaf Mountain, June 6."
- Physical Description:
- 1 albumen print ; 26.5 x 34.5
- Genre:
- Portraits, Albumen prints, Graphite drawings, Pictorial works, Cabinet photographs, Interiors, Landscape photographs, Photographs, Portrait photographs, and Travel photography
- Subject Terms:
- Architecture, DomesticCountry homesInterior decorationMaori (New Zealand people)MissionsTheater
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Funchal (Madeira Islands)Great BritainJamaicaMadeira IslandsMauritiusSouth AfricaSwartberg Pass (South Africa)Venice (Italy)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Douglas, MaudeMariannhill (Monastery)Mariannhill Missionaries
- Finding Aid Title:
- Keith Marshall collection of photographs
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1093
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1093?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1