NOTABLE ISLANDERS & CHARACTERS OF YESTERYEAR
SHOWN HERE ARE IMAGES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE HAD AN INFLUENCE ON THE HISTORY OF GUERNSEY OR ARE UNKNOWN CHARACTERS WHO TYPIFY THE GUERNSEY OF YESTERYEAR
George Metivier
George Metivier

George Metivier (1790 -1881) was described in his day as Guernsey's, Robert Burns by Victor Hugo. He published most of his poems in Guernsey French.

This image comes from an unknown photographers carte de visite. It appears to be an exact copy of the previous Arsene Garnier image, maybe he sold the negative. There is also a painting which uses the image as the base pose -- see below.

Though the red border around this CDV is similar to Julian Maguire's CDV photographs, it is not the same as his corners were not rounded like this example.

There is a painting held by the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery which appears to be a copy of this photograph. Apologies to Art UK

George Metivier painting
 


..A Wikipedia entry on George Metivier can be found here.

Ref: 2020-03-22-0002

Location: Guernsey

Photographer: Unknown

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George Metivier

George Metivier (1790 -1881) was described in his day as Guernsey's, Robert Burns by Victor Hugo. He published most of his poems in Guernsey French.

This image comes from an unknown photographers carte de visite. It appears to be an exact copy of the previous Arsene Garnier image, maybe he sold the negative. There is also a painting which uses the image as the base pose -- see below.

Though the red border around this CDV is similar to Julian Maguire's CDV photographs, it is not the same as his corners were not rounded like this example.

There is a painting held by the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery which appears to be a copy of this photograph. Apologies to Art UK

George Metivier painting
 


..A Wikipedia entry on George Metivier can be found here.

Ref: 2020-03-22-0002

Location: Guernsey

Photographer: Unknown

Buy this print online:

 
Item added to cart