Name/TitleJames Horatio Nelson Cassell : Detail, Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920
About this objectPhotograph of the inscription on the memorial placed over the remains of the Hon. James Horatio Nelson Cassell, public servant. The metal railing in the foreground surrounds his wife's simple flat topped memorial.
The inscription is carved onto one side of the elaborately decorated pedestal base. It reads: (the image has been cropped on the right )
THE HONORABLE JAMES HORATIO NELSON CASSELL
Collector of Customs,
Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Victoria
[Gothic script] This Monument
Has been erected by his fellow colonists
In acknowledgement of eminent public services
Rendered to this colony.
Born at London 11th December 1814
Died at Hawksburn House near Melbourne 21st November 1853
Aged 39 years.
This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) around 1920 as part of a project led by Isaac Selby to record and commemorate all aspects of Melbourne's second cemetery (the first being at Flagstaff Hill). The RHSV holds original glass negatives and albums of the photographs from this project.
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
MakerMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Maker RolePhotographer
Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm
Period1910-1920
Object TypePhotograph
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Subject and Association KeywordsOld Melbourne Cemetery (Melbourne)
Subject and Association KeywordsCassell, James Horatio Nelson, 1814-1853
Subject and Association KeywordsMonuments and memorials
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-TM-15
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