IMAGE
Auckland Horticultural Society: First class prize certificate awarded to Mr A Gillespie, for table bouquet. Exhibition 19 Nov 1875. W C Wilson, lith., Auckland.
- Date
- 1875
- By
- Auckland Herald (Newspaper); W C Wilson & Sons (Firm)
- Reference
- Eph-A-HORT-SOC-Auckland-1875-01-1
- Description
An arrangement of ornate lettering decorated with floral borders.
Note from a descendant, Jean Erbacher (28 October 2008), indicates that A Gillespie is likely to have been Mr Alexander Gillespie, the head gardener at Government House in Auckland at that time.
Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on certificate.
Physical Description: Lithographs on card, 115 x 150 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the activities and exhibitions of horticultural societies in New Zealand] / Auckland Horticultural Society :[Eleven first class prize certificates awarded to A Gillespie, March - November 1875, and March 1880].
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s) on certificate, Ephemera, Lithographs, Certificates, Lithographs on card, 115 x 150 mm.
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.
Usage
Purchasing this Item
This item is available as a high resolution download. A request to buy an image can take up to 10 working days to approve. It will depend on copyright and how the image is going to be used.
If this item has multiple pages, or is several items attached to a single record, you can use this form to order your copy.
Using this Item
You can copy this item for personal use, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It cannot be used commercially without permission, please ask us for advice. If reproducing this item, please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour or overprint it), and ensure the following credit accompanies it:
Auckland Herald (Newspaper). Auckland Horticultural Society: First class prize certificate awarded to Mr A Gillespie, for table bouquet. Exhibition 19 Nov 1875. W C Wilson, lith., Auckland.. [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the activities and exhibitions of horticultural societies in New Zealand]. Ref: Eph-A-HORT-SOC-Auckland-1875-01-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/37988498More information can be found in our terms of use.