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The Order of the Bath; Adkin Leslie; 24 Nov 1917; O.002607

The Order of the Bath, Adkin Leslie, 24 Nov 1917, O.002607
Name/Title
The Order of the Bath
About this object
Maud Adkin bathing daughter Nancy in tub on verandah.

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Maker
Adkin Leslie
Maker Role
photographer
Date Made
24 Nov 1917
Place Made
New Zealand
Medium and Materials
black and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Measurements
176 x 238 mm
Credit Line
Purchased 1978. The Ellen Eames Collection
Object Type
gelatin silver prints
Object number
O.002607

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Bathing
Chairs
Cosmetics & soap
Mothers & children
porches
Wash tubs


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Leslie Adkin's warm and gentle photograph of his wife and daughter has become a classic of family photography. Leslie Adkin Adkin farmed near Levin and was also a self-taught scholar, with interests ranging over geology, archaeology, botany, and Māori history. He applied the same thoroughness and attention to detail when recording his personal life as he did to photographing his other interests. Adkin rarely took a literal snap-shot, even though his family photographs seem to epitomise the snapshot craze that developed from the turn of the century. The composition of this photograph and the way Maud holds the facecloth just out of Nancy's reach suggest a moment carefully constructed for the camera.
'The order of the bath'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Maud Adkin bathing daughter Nancy in tub on verandah
'The order of the bath'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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