One black and white photograph depicting a portrait of John Mather sitting in a chair in a library, three-quarter view, with arms resting on chair arms. He is wearing a black suit, a black vest, a white collar shirt and a black bow-tie. His has short white hair and a white beard. There are books on wall behind him and a photograph of Sir Sanford Fleming is hanging on the bookcase. There is a globe in a stand on the table behind Mather in the right side of the photograph. On the left side of the photograph
is an unfolded newspaper. The photograph is mounted on a white mat and displayed in a brown wooden frame with gold color inner border.
Written in black ink on the mat below the photograph.
Transcription
"John Mather // taken in his Library by // W. J. Topley, showing photograph // of his old friend, Sir Sandford // Fleming. Presented by his daughter // Mrs. J. W. Robertson".
Notes
Written in black ink on a white label with a red border. The label is centered at the top of the glass.
