Oliver, Richard Aldworth 1811-1889: "Fanny Weller, a half-caste girl, Otago" [1850?]

Oliver, Richard Aldworth 1811-1889: "Fanny Weller, a half-caste girl, Otago" [1850?]
Date
ca 1850
By
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889
Reference
C-001-012
Description

Shows a young Māori woman, standing in three-quarters profile, a gourd in her right hand. Her upper garment is draped to expose her right breast and she is wearing a long skirt and a shark's tooth ear adornment.

Accompanied by a certificate of authentication, signed by Madeleine McClintock (in photocopy form, taken from actual adhered to backing board)

Title transcribed from item.

Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Fanny Weller, a half-caste girl, Otago [in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand]

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour and gouache on paper, 530 x 360 mm

Provenance: Prior to purchase, passed down through the Oliver family to Mr G.C.S. Oliver of Rutland, England. Exhibited at New Zealand House, London for about 20 years, to the early 1980s. Inherited by G.C.S. Oliver's daughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock of Sheffield, England

Processing information: Description updated 23 August 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

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Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Ethnographic illustrations, Watercolour and gouache on paper, 530 x 360 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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