IMAGE
[Lodge, Nevile Sidney] 1918-1989 :W. J. McKeon, F.N.Z.I.A. 1947.
- Date
- 1947
- By
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995
- Reference
- A-279-038
- Description
Three-quarter portrait of William John McKeon, smoking pipe.
Title from inscription below image.
Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers
One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048).
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 303 x 254 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from Mr E. E. Moult, Wellington, in 1991. Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Airbrush works, Portraits, Airbrush caricature on board, 303 x 254 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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