Cape belonging to Sarah Benson Walker: 1812-1893

Abstract

Sarah Benson Walker was the daughter of Methodists, Robert and Ann Mather, who joined the Quakers in 1934. That same year Sarah agreed to marry George Washinton Walker, despite once referring to him and James Backhouse as those 'pesky Quakers'. Sarah had ten children and served on Jane's Franklin's visiting committee to the Cascades Female Factory, and regularly participated in Monthly Meetings. Photograph titled Sarah Benson Walker's Cape - is a cape that forms part of the collection of preserved clothing by the Robey sisters (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection). Photograph titled Detail of Sarah Benson Walker's Cape - shows detail of the buttons and fastenings (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection). Biographical Text Source: Quaker Life in Tasmania: The First Hundred Years. Michael Bennett, University of Tasmania Library, 2007, p. 19.