Object Detail
Description
portrait, Mary Louise Johnston, William Johnston's mother, in an octagonal engraved wooden frame Mary Louisa Friedrichs, known as Louise William Johnston's mother, Mary Louise Friedrichs (1880-1956) was born in Lockwood, Victoria and grew up in Maldon. By 1900, she was living and working at Stanford House, the home of Thomas Welton Stanford on site of what is now the Freemasons Hospital in Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. Mary Louise Friedrichs (known by her second given name) met her future husband, Robert Alexander Johnston, through his sister, Emily Johnston, who was a friend of a Miss Cupit, the housekeeper at Stanford House
Maker and role
photographer: unknown
Production place
Victoria, Australia
Production date
Early 20th century
Media description
black and white photograph, wood
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell.
Accession number
5092
TJC reference number
1902
