IMAGE
Governor General Sir Arthur Porritt laughing with a group of painters at Government House - Photograph taken by Morris James Hill
- Date
- [ca 4 December 1967]
- By
- Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002
- Reference
- EP-NZ Obits-Porritt, Sir Arthur-01
- Description
Newly appointed Governor General Sir Arthur Porritt laughing with a group of unidentified men who had been painting Government House. Shows the Governor General in his ceremonial uniform, amongst nine painters wearing overalls. Photograph taken by Morris James Hill, ca 4 December 1967, for N Z Newspapers Ltd. Original caption reads: "The new Governor General (Sir Arthur Porritt) gave a hint of the informality that many think will be typical of his term of office when he strolled across to meet these painters at Government House on Friday. The painters, who were putting finishing touches to Government House, stopped to watch official pictures being taken. Sir Arthur noticed them and went across the lawn for a word with them." (Evening Post, 4 December 1967).
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 17.8 x 21.5 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / New Zealand obituaries - Porritt, Sir Arthur
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Group portraits, Silver gelatin print 17.8 x 21.5 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002. Governor General Sir Arthur Porritt laughing with a group of painters at Government House - Photograph taken by Morris James Hill. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP-NZ Obits-Porritt, Sir Arthur-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22322484More information can be found in our terms of use.