Macbeth, W[illiam] fl 1908 :A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908. 1908.

Shows 'Savage Club' members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on a beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as the artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member, possibly William Pember Reeves, is reading a book titled "The king of the fortunate islands" (William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). An orchestra is playing on the far right, including a conductor, a pianist, a double-bassist, violinists, piccolo-players, a bassoonist and a trumpeter. At the top right, a pipe-smoking man is taking a photograph of the event.

Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Many have painted on tattoo markings on their faces and bodies

A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place.

Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox.

Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ; Recto - bottom right - Signed in pencil: W. Macbeth

See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076.

See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file.

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board 410 x 545 mm.

Provenance: Robin Watts is a descendant of W. Reuben Watts, a member of the Savage Club in 1908.