MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996 :Rooms with a view; the Empire Hotel on the corner of Shakespeare Road and Brewster Street, 1931. Published by K & J Percy, Hardinge Road, Napier, [ca 2000].

Shows the hotel, damaged so that one can see into each room as in a doll's-house. The ground floor is of brick with rounded window arches. Each room is papered in a different pattern.

Other Titles - Don McNab

One of a series of paintings made by McNab, an eighteen-year-old student at Napier Technical College, immediately after the earthquake. He worked day and night for two days, and daily thereafter, to make a pictorial record of the event (See "Dominion", 27 January 1989, page 6).

Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.

Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 120 x 175 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from Kevin and Judy Percy in 2001.

Transfers: A video from the same provenance, in which Donald McNab talks about painting a collection of pictures after the earthquake, is held at OHColl-0794-1..