- Object name(s):
- photograph
- Brief description:
- A photograph of Joseph Craven of Ashfield Thornton mounted onto a glossy green board. Joseph Craven is wearing a tweed hunting outfit and plus fours and is holding a shotgun. Photographed at Kildwick. Joseph Craven was a Member of the Keighley Moor Shoot. On the verso of the image is a description which is signed by JJ Brigg of Kildwick Hall. Probably a Gelatin Silver Print, possibly a later print made from an earlier negative.
- Collection:
- Bradford District Museums and Galleries
- Acquisition date:
- 1933
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Completeness:
- complete
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 27.3
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 22.5
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 25
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 20.1
- Inscription content:
- Joseph Craven of Ashfield, Thornton a partner for many years in the Keighley Moor Shoot. Died Dec 1914. Given to us on Mary Greenwoods death July 9 1933. J. J. Brigg Kidlwick.
- Inscription method:
- pen and ink
- Inscription position:
- verso
- Material:
- card, paper
- Object history note:
- Joseph Craven was a worsted manufacturer and a liberal politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1885 - 1892. His father, also Joshua Craven, was a wool spinner and manufacturer and established a spinning mill in Thornton in 1831. Joshua Craven partnered in the Keighley Moor Shoot, where he is photographed. He was also a member of Bradford Chamber of Commerce and a Governor of Thornton School and Crossley Orphanage. In 1885 he was elected MP for Shipley and held the seat until he stood down in 1892. His wife was Ellen Knowles who he married in 1845.
- Object name:
- photograph
- Object number:
- 48/1933
- Object production organisation:
- unknown
- Organisation's association:
- photographer
- Object production person:
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom
- Place status:
- Country
- Object production place:
- Keighley
- Other number:
- 48-33
- Other number type:
- marked on object
- Other number:
- shic:3.0000
- Other number type:
- SHIC
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/22f7c3f8-50ac-39a7-b1c9-a101c54c338a
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/22f7c3f8-50ac-39a7-b1c9-a101c54c338a, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, CC BY-NC
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