SCUNM:1960.038.002.001

Description

Sepia carte de visite showing Henry Healey of Decoy Cottage, Ashby (1784-1868). A member of a well-known local landowning family, he was the first owner of Ashby Decoy, constructed in 1833. Decoys were a means of trapping wild ducks, then an important food source. He was born in High Risby in 1794 and died in Scarborough in 1868.

Object number

SCUNM:1960.038.002.001

Object

Photograph
Carte De Visite

Production organisation

Inskip

Production date

c1860

Production place

Old Cliff (Scarborough)
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