Portraits Of People With Awesome Names

A DigitalNZ Story by Courtney Johnston

So, you can't search for 'awesome name' and get the best results. But you can slowly accumulate these images as you sift through the collections ... Alpha, Euphemia, Zeila, Zohrab ...

Image: Portrait of Edward Goodwin Fortesque Zohrab and Balfour Douglas Zohrab

Portrait of Edward Goodwin Fortesque Zohrab and Balfour Douglas Zohrab

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Milne, James (Arbroath, Scotland) fl 1860s-1880s :Portrait of unidentified man

Milne, James (Arbroath, Scotland) fl 1860s-1880s :Portrait of unidentified man

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky

Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Zeila Wells drinking orange squash

Zeila Wells drinking orange squash

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: George Augustus Constantine Phipps Normanby

George Augustus Constantine Phipps Normanby

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Grave of Cornelia Burdon and Cornelia G Fletcher, plot 5216, Bolton Street Cemetery

Grave of Cornelia Burdon and Cornelia G Fletcher, plot 5216, Bolton Street Cemetery

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Titter baby

Titter baby

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Nellie Euphemia Coad

Nellie Euphemia Coad

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Swan & Wrigglesworth (Firm) : Reverend Octavius Hadfield

Swan & Wrigglesworth (Firm) : Reverend Octavius Hadfield

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Miss Mabitta Webb

Miss Mabitta Webb

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Jemima Balneavis

Jemima Balneavis

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Igoe's sister

Igoe's sister

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Masquerier, John James, 1778-1855 :Gideon Algernon Mantell ... Painted by J. J. Masquerier. Engraved by Samuel Stepney. London, 1837.

Masquerier, John James, 1778-1855 :Gideon Algernon Mantell ... Painted by J. J. Masquerier. Engraved by Samuel Stepney. London, 1837.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mr Alpha Bernie Harding

Mr Alpha Bernie Harding

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Reverend Jasper Cyril Austin Calder - Photograph taken by Frederick William Young

Reverend Jasper Cyril Austin Calder - Photograph taken by Frederick William Young

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Lady Florence Gwendoline Jellicoe

Lady Florence Gwendoline Jellicoe

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Reverend Henry John Chitty Harper

Reverend Henry John Chitty Harper

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Haraldur Hamar

Haraldur Hamar

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Cherry-Garrard at his typewriter, Antarctica

Cherry-Garrard at his typewriter, Antarctica

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Group at the Manawatu and West Coast A&P Show

Group at the Manawatu and West Coast A&P Show

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Leocadia Lily Taine

Leocadia Lily Taine

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Shailer family

Shailer family

Palmerston North City Library

Image: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :[Self portrait on ivory. 1830-1840s]

Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :[Self portrait on ivory. 1830-1840s]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Formal portrait of Hopeful Gibbons

Formal portrait of Hopeful Gibbons

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Portrait of Orlando Nathaniel Collins Pragnell

Portrait of Orlando Nathaniel Collins Pragnell

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Lady Mildred Amelia Tapapa Woodbine Pomare

Lady Mildred Amelia Tapapa Woodbine Pomare

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Weigel, George, 1890-1980 : Marmaduke Bethell and Thyra Melvase Bethell, in a field of daffodils, at Pahau Pastures in Culverden

Weigel, George, 1890-1980 : Marmaduke Bethell and Thyra Melvase Bethell, in a field of daffodils, at Pahau Pastures in Culverden

Alexander Turnbull Library