tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post3267423314394432588..comments2024-03-27T18:12:30.318-07:00Comments on Early New Zealand Photographers: BARKER, Alfred CharlesEarly Canterbury Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-77927660884851922282019-09-23T23:47:47.334-07:002019-09-23T23:47:47.334-07:00thank you Gerald, I have now amended that.thank you Gerald, I have now amended that.Early Canterbury Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-11744017952962964542019-09-23T20:43:58.360-07:002019-09-23T20:43:58.360-07:00Louisa Gertrude Ellen Pritchett and her sister Luc...Louisa Gertrude Ellen Pritchett and her sister Lucy, wives of William Edward Barker were daughters of James Pigott Pritchett Jnr (1830-1911), not James Pigott Pritchett (1789-1868).<br /><br />Gerald BarkerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977026694393612205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-84826156194006515262012-02-11T17:43:49.934-08:002012-02-11T17:43:49.934-08:00George Turner my 2x Gt Grandfather used Dr Barkers...George Turner my 2x Gt Grandfather used Dr Barkers photos to paint.<br /><br />'In the book "Paintings of Canterbury" 1840-1890 By John 0akley<br />He say that most of his paintings seem to have been copied from photographs by Dr Barker, and the dates of the paintings are therefore misleading; they represent the dates of the photographs, not those of the paintings.'<br />I dont think Mr Oakley thought much of George's paintings but I wonder if he realised how much ahead of time George was using the photographs to paint from, most paintings today are done from photographs.<br />So I say thank you Dr Barker for your great photos. George died in 1911.Mt Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531086420956300488noreply@blogger.com