IMAGE
Hill, John Cecil, 1889-1974 :Sir Edmund Hillary [ca 1953]
- Date
- 1950 - 1959
- By
- Hill, John Cecil, 1889-1974; Stace, Hilary Janet, 1954-
- Reference
- G-463
- Description
Life-size half-length portrait of mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, clad in climbing gear, with rope and ice-pick. He is standing against a background of a mountain scene with a hut on the left.
Title from verso
Probably painted at the time that Hillary climbed Mt Everest
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on hardboard 860 x 620 mm
Provenance: Donation: Hilary Stace, Wellington, 1980.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 oil(s), Works of art, Oil paintings, Portraits, Oil on hardboard 860 x 620 mm
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