IMAGE
[New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch]."Haere Mai"; "Welcome". [Invitation booklet cover. 1906].
- Date
- 1906
- By
- Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920
- Reference
- Eph-B-EXHIBITION-1906-02-cover
- Description
Shows two young women, one European and one Maori, standing together under a carved Maori gateway, with a New Zealand flag wrapped around both of them. The Maori woman holds up a palm leaf. She wears a grass tunic and rata blossoms, and the European woman wears clematis. They may represent the bicultural nature of Zealandia.
Attributed artist is Robert Hawcridge; information provided by Dr Polly Cantlon (26 September 2017), from a privately-owned volume of testimonials complied by Hawcridge in support of his application for the position of Head of School of Art in Dunedin 1909.
Other Titles - HaereMai
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on cover of invitation booklet..
Physical Description: Lithograph, 155 x 110 mm (irregular), stuck on cover, 256 x 178 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Colour transparency available.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera relating to exhibitions in New Zealand in 1906-1907, including the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch] / [New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch]."Haere Mai" Welcome". The President ... requests the honour of the presence of [...] at the ceremony of opening the Exhibition at Christchurch New Zealand on Thursday November 1st 1906. [Invitation]
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s) on cover of invitation booklet., Ephemera, Lithographs, Invitations, Lithograph, 155 x 110 mm (irregular), stuck on cover, 256 x 178 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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