A large group on the balcony of a hotel or society building in Groningen, inscribed on the front ‘24 Juli 1892’ with the monogram ‘G.P.S.’. Occasion and names not known.
Family portrait of Joannes Jacobus Harte (1823–1869) and his wife Anna Maria Theresia Mitschke (1826–1890), with their nine children. Among them is the later politician and minister Joannes Josephus Ignatius (Jan) Harte van Tecklenburg (1853–1937) — here still a child, not the standing father in this photo. Harte van Tecklenburg became an ambitious Roman Catholic politician: initially belonging to the conservative wing, later a follower of Schaepman. Through his marriage to a daughter of margarine manufacturer Jurgens he became a member of the House of Representatives for the district of Grave. He was regarded as the Catholics’ financial specialist and was Minister of Finance from 1901 to 1905 in the Kuyper cabinet; his proposal for a protectionist Tariff Act came too late to be dealt with. He closed his career with twenty-six years as a member of the Council of State. Contemporaries described him as ramrod-straight, self-satisfied and somewhat pedantic. (See also his portraits in costume elsewhere in this collection.)
The nine children: Joannes Josephus Ignatius Harte van Tecklenburg (1853–1937), Joseph Maria Petrus Harte (1855–1937), Petrus Joannis Antonius Harte (1856–1931), Wilhelmus Petrus Antonius Harte (1859–1933), Wilhelmina Maria Elisabeth Harte (1860–1945), Johanna Clementia Maria Harte (1863–1936) and Vincentius Florian Alouisius Harte (1865–1885).
Gustav Albert Lüssow worked as a photographer on the Keizerstraat in Utrecht from around 1863 to 1889 (source: RKD).
A large group of more than ten young people, outdoors in the woods, informally arranged — probably an outing or picnic. Names and photographer are not known.
An informal group of young people, relaxed, lying and leaning under a canvas awning or large parasol — a picnic atmosphere. Names and photographer are not known.
A soldier, a seated woman and a man in Highland uniform — the style matches the portraits by McFarlane, Crieff (Scotland), possibly the same family or set, but no studio stamp is visible on this print.
