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Alexander Turnbull with his brother and a friend

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Alexander Turnbull with his brother and a friend

Alexander Turnbull's interest in collecting not only books and manuscripts but Maori and Pacific Island artefacts is evident in this photograph of him, his brother Robert (left) and friend E. F. Hadfield (centre) relaxing in a living room at the Turnbull home, 'Elibank', in the 1890s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-002608; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

J. E. Traue. 'Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1978/alexander-turnbull-with-his-brother-and-a-friend (accessed 4 June 2026).