These three children had their photograph taken in a back garden. In the late Victorian period amateur photography was still quite technically demanding and few families could afford the equipment or time required - the children here have been carefully posed.

This image was printed from a 1/2 plate glass negative. These children have been posed beside or on a giant snowball positioned in a walled urban garden. The children are all well and warmly dressed, the boys in matching outfits.

This photograph is part of a family collection made from the 1880s-1900s. Dr Richardson settled at North Berwick where he established a medical practice. He photographed family members, trips and events and, when his son founded North Berwick Museum, the collection was deposited there. It now provides glimpses of upper middle class life of the period.