Old man with pipe

eramophla
Old man with pipe by eramophla

Old man with pipe

I did not take this photograph. It is one that I have in my family history collection that I have altered by playing around with aged effects and sepia tones.

The photo is of my great great great grandfather, William Munson Mills. As soon as I received the photograph I fell in love with it, and that is why I want to share it with everyone. I did a charcoal drawing of it last year, entered it into a local art sale and someone bought it. I did not take a photo of my drawing before the sale however, so now I play around with it in my photo program, trying different things.

William Munson Mills was the son of a veterinarian who is beleived to have looked after the horses at the battle of Waterloo. Because of his experiences in the war, William’s father did not want him to become a soldier, but he defied him and did so. He served in the Sihk Wars in India during the 1850s, where he was blinded in one eye, and escorted the Koor Or Nor diamond (now in Queen Victoria’s old crown) back to England. On returning to England, he took up his old job as a shipwright, earning only 7 shillings a week. On this income, he married and had 14 children. In 1875, he and his family moved to Australia, where he lived until the ripe old age of 94.

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Out of the Past

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