McLintock, Alexander Hare, 1903-1968 :First Church, Dunedin, floodlit. 23/30 [ca 1930]

A view of Dunedin's First Church in Moray Place, at night. The building is illuminated by floodlights pointing up towards its spire. In the foreground people can be seen going into the Criterion Hotel, on the corner of Moray Place and Princes St. The hotel was demolished in 1983. Print number 23 of 30.

Accompanying the etching, as part of the backing, is a pen-and-ink drawing of hilly countryside, possibly showing a view of the outskirts of Dunedin.

Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - First Church, Dunedin, floodlit [in pencil]; Recto - bottom right - McLintock [barely visible, in pencil]

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). 1 drawing(s) black pen-and-ink.

Physical Description: Etching, 250 x 200 (plate) on paper 265 x 215 (sight)

Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane Affordable Art auction, Wellington, 29 January 2014; lot 4. Prior to auction, the item was part of the estate of Dr Don Spiller, Wellington