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Elliott, George Herbert, 1860-1941: Waimakariri Gorge. To Mr & Mrs Dixon, from G H Elio...
Date: 1899
By: Elliott, George Herbert, 1860-1941; Dixon, Marmaduke John, 1862-1918
Reference: B-175-007
Description: Shows a view of the upper Waimakariri River, with snowy peaks of the Southern Alps in the distance. Two figures are standing on the shingle flats in the left foreground. There are cabbage trees on the headland at the right. The artist used the spelling "Eliot" up until 1910. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 292 mm (sight). Provenance: Originally a gift from the artist to Mr and Mrs Dixon. This is probably Mr & Mrs Marmaduke John Dixon who married Mabel Courage in 1897. The artist may have met the couple through Marmaduke Dixon's sister Rosa (later Rosa Spencer Bower), who studied at the Canterbury School of Art in the 1890s. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.