P7520

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a%20young%20girl%2C%20identified%20as%20Ella%20Walker%20seated%20on%20a%20toboggan%20with%20her%20legs%20straight%20out%20in%20front%20of%20her

Details

ID Number

P7520

Item Name

Image

Maker

Notman, William

Title

Ella Walker / Ella Walker

Title (Fre)

Ella Walker

Date

ca 1880

Description

Black and white photograph of a young girl, identified as Ella Walker; Ella is seated on a toboggan with her legs straight out in front of her; the toboggan is resting on a downward slant on what appears to be a pile of snow; Ella is wearing a long, light coloured coat, a winter hat and a long scarf around her waist; a painted backdrop of a fence and winter scene are visible in the background; the photographer's stamp: "Wm. Notman & Son - Montreal" appears beneath the photograph, and, in greater detail with a seal and multiple other locations, on the reverse of the photograph.

History

Ella Walker (1875 - 1959) was the daughter of Franklin Hiram and Mary Holbrook Walker, and granddaughter of Hiram Walker. She lived in Detroit and later in Lake Como, Italy.

Place made

Canada - Quebec - Montreal

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Children / Enfants

Girls / Filles

Hats / Chapeaux

Leisure / Loisirs

Montreal (Que.)

Notman Studio

Notman, William

Portrait photographs / Portraits photographiques

Studio props / Accessoires pour studio

Studios

Toboggans

Walker, Ella

Winter / Hiver

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