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Category: Formal Portrait

Philip Jackman Jr., ca. 1885

Philip Jackman Jr., ca. 1885

This portrait of Philip Jackman’s eldest son was taken in New Westminster shortly before his move to Aldergrove. Philip Jr. was listed as being a clerk and living […]
Sir James Douglas

Sir James Douglas

A portrait of Governor James Douglas likely taken in the 1860s.
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Lytton was a British poet, playwright, and novelist. He also happened to be the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London when Governor Douglas requested assistance. Lytton […]
Dr. John Vernon Seddall of the Royal Engineers, ca. 1860

Dr. John Vernon Seddall of the Royal Engineers, ca. 1860

Seddall was the assistant staff surgeon for the Columbia Detachment who had previously served in the Crimean War. Seddall joined the detachment band while on the Thames City […]
Captain Henry Reynolds Luard, ca. 1860

Captain Henry Reynolds Luard, ca. 1860

Luard was Jackman’s Captain onboard the Thames City, where he was fondly nicknamed “Old Scrooge” due to the monocle he wore, and because he read the works of […]
Colonel Richard Clement Moody

Colonel Richard Clement Moody

Colonel Richard Clement Moody attended the Royal Military Academy before enlisting in the Royal Engineers, and was later appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1841 to 1849. […]
Captain James Marshall Grant

Captain James Marshall Grant

A reproduction of an oil painting of Captain James Marshall Grant in the anniversary edition of The Emigrant Soldiers’ Gazette and Cape Horn Chronicle. The painting was done […]
Full length studio portrait of Bishop George Hills

Full length studio portrait of Bishop George Hills

Studio portrait photograph of Bishop George Hills likely taken in the 1870s. Bishop Hills was selected in 1859 to be the first bishop of Columbia and arrived in […]
Philip Jackman Jr. and his spouse, Anna Caroline Jackman (née Wadel), ca. 1903

Philip Jackman Jr. and his spouse, Anna Caroline Jackman (née Wadel), ca. 1903

A studio portrait of Philip Jr. and Anna Jackman. Philip Jr. was the Aldergrove postmaster working out of his father’s store from 1887 to 1890 and again later […]
Portrait of Philip Jackman, ca. 1895

Portrait of Philip Jackman, ca. 1895

A copy of this picture hangs in the Mayor’s Office at the Township of Langley’s Civic Facility with photos of Langley’s mayors and reeves.