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Moffat Family Collection

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Title: Moffat Family Collection
Alternative Title: Portraits and Scenes Relating to the Moffat Family
Creator: Various photographers (dates/attributions vary per item)
Description: The Moffat Family Collection is a photographic and visual archive comprising 23 images documenting members of the Moffat family, a prominent missionary and settler family with historical ties to early Southern African missionary activity. The collection features multiple portraits of Robert Moffat (1795–1883), a renowned Scottish missionary to Africa, his wife, Mary Moffat (née Smith, 1795–1871), and other family members, including Jane Gardiner Moffat and Christian Wallace Price, grandchildren of Robert and Mary. The set also contains images tied to family life and places associated with the Moffats, including views of Kuruman that show the church and the pastor’s house where Robert Moffat served. Several portrait variants appear for the same individuals and sites, indicating the collection’s focus on lineage and memorialisation.

This collection serves as a resource for scholars of missionary history, colonial encounters, family histories, and visual culture in 19th-century Southern Africa and its enduring legacies. It provides insights into key figures in missionary networks and their domestic and ecclesiastical environments through portraiture and documentary photography.
Date Issued: c. mid-19th to early-20th century (as per individual items)
Type: Collection; Archival photographs; Family portrait collection
Genre: Portrait photography; Missionary history imagery
Subject: Robert Moffat (1795–1883); Mary Moffat (1795–1871); Price, Christian Wallace (1879–1949); Jane Gardiner Moffat; Kuruman, South Africa; Missionary history -- South Africa; 19th-century portrait photography
Extent: 23 photographic items
Spatial Coverage: Kuruman (Northern Cape, South Africa); England (family origins/portraits)
Format: Digital images (photographic scans)

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Christian Wallace Price with group of people
Photo of Christian Wallace Price, daughter of Roger Price and Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), and granddaughter of Robert and Mary Moffat.
Kuruman - Moffat's house
Photograph of Robert Moffat's house in Kuruman.
Kuruman - Moffat's house and Moffat's church
Photograph of Robert Moffat's house and church in Kuruman.
Kuruman - The street in front of the church
Photograph of the street in front of Robert Moffat's church in Kuruman.
Mary Moffat's house at Dukinfield, England
The house in Dukinfield, England, where Mary Moffat (born Smith), wife of Scottish missionary to Africa, Robert Moffat (1795-1883) lived.
Moffat, Jane Gardiner (1840-1927)
Portrait of Jane Gardiner Moffat, daughter of Scottish missionary to Africa, Robert Moffat (1795-1883) and Mary Smith (1795-1870).
Moffat, Jane Gardiner (1840-1927)
Portrait of Jane Gardiner Moffat, daughter of Scottish missionary to Africa, Robert Moffat (1795-1883) and Mary Smith (1795-1870).
Moffat, Mary (1795-1871)
Portrait of Mary Moffat (born Smith), wife of Scottish missionary to Africa, Robert Moffat (1795-1883).
Moffat, Mary (1795-1871)
Portrait of Mary Moffat (born Smith), wife of Scottish missionary to Africa, Robert Moffat (1795-1883).
Moffat, Mary (1795-1871)
Portrait of Mary Moffat (born Smith), wife of Scottish missionary to Africa, Robert Moffat (1795-1883).
Moffat, Mary (1795-1871)
Portrait of Mary Moffat (born Smith), wife of Scottish missionary to Africa, Robert Moffat (1795-1883).
Moffat, Robert (1795-1883)
Portrait of Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to Africa. The image was taken by Elliott & Fry of Baker Street, London.
Moffat, Robert (1795-1883)
Portrait of Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to Africa. The image was taken by Elliott & Fry of Baker Street, London.
Moffat, Robert (1795-1883)
Portrait of Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to Africa. The image was taken by Elliott & Fry of Baker Street, London.
Moffat, Robert (1795-1883)
Portrait of Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to Africa.
Moffat, Robert (1795-1883), age 20
Portrait of Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to Africa, age 20. The picture was taken from "the lives of Robert and Mary Moffat", authored by John Smith Moffat.
Price, Christian Wallace (1879-1949)
Photo of Christian Wallace Price, daughter of Roger Price and Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), and granddaughter of Robert and Mary Moffat.
Price, Christian Wallace (1879-1949)
Photo of Christian Wallace Price, daughter of Roger Price and Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), and granddaughter of Robert and Mary Moffat.
Price, Elizabeth Lees (1839-1919)
Portrait of Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), daughter of Robert and Mary Moffat, and wife to Roger Price. Robert Moffat was a Scottish missionary to Africa.
Price, Evan Moffat (1863-1864)
Photo of Evan Moffat Price's grave. Son of Roger Price and Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), and grandson of Robert and Mary Moffat.
Price, Evan Moffat (1863-1864)
Photo of Evan Moffat Price's grave. Son of Roger Price and Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), and grandson of Robert and Mary Moffat.
Price, Roger (1834-1900)
Portrait of Roger Price, husband to Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), and son-in-law of Robert and Mary Moffat.
Robert Moffat (1795-1883)
Portrait of Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to Africa. The image was taken by Elliott & Fry of Baker Street, London.