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Richard and Hannah Maynard
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Richard Maynard (1832-1907) was one of many immigrants drawn in June 1859 to British Columbia by the Fraser River gold rush. Peter O’Reilly (1828-1905) also pursued the same path, and arrived by Steamship in the same year. Richard, his wife Hannah and children arrived in Victoria on board the steamer Sierra Nevada in 1862.
Hannah Maynard (1834-1918) set up ‘Mrs. R. Maynard’s Photographic Gallery’. During the years 1874 to 1892, the second Maynard studio was located on the corner of Douglas and Johnson Streets in Victoria. Maynard's clients were generally middle class Victorian families. The clients often made several trips to her studio to be portrayed solemnly in a portrait that signified their social status and wealth. It was in 1882 that a Maynard photographed Peter O’Reilly at his home, Point Ellice House. (see PE975.1.7788 and PE975.1.7989) There are mounted formats and stereoscopic views of Peter at Point Ellice, taken in several locations throughout the property. Although the Maynards ran a successful studio, it was arranged that a Maynard visited the home of Peter O’Reilly to take these photographs. The photographs captured the elegant settings of Point Ellice House and Peter’s concern with the creation of an ordered landscape in his corner of the British Empire. |
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