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[Pastoral scene].

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  • Description

    A tiny photograph of a rural landscape of trees and sheep.

  • Other Id

    30076 (Presto content ID)

    PH-1976-6-71b (Reference Number)

    TR650 B775 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    32848 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

    Photography

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    photograph

  • Name/Title
    [Pastoral scene].
  • Primary Maker

     George Bourne (Photographer)

  • Date
    1910s-1920s
  • Physical Description

    35 mm. x 70 mm (image)

    37 mm. x 72 mm (support)

    112 mm. x 171 mm (secondary support)

  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Related Object Notes
    George Bourne Papers MS 793
    Letters MS 89/236
    Albums 327 and 328
    Essay 99/65
  • Is Part Of

    George Bourne Photographs

  • Media/Materials

    cardboard/pasteboard/paper (fiber product)

  • Technique

    Gelatin silver print

    Silver print

    Monochrome photographic print

    Photographic techniques

  • Subject Category

    Journalism, Pictorial

    Photography--New Zealand

    Sheep

  • Provenance Details
    Ngaire Morgan,daughter of George Bourne
  • Public Access Text

    George Bourne was born in Whanganui. In c1902 he started working for the 'Weekly News' as one of their photographic artists and travelled throughout New Zealand for the next twenty years in that capacity. He is well known for his series portraying the Maori prophet, Rua Kenana and his newly built community at Maungapohatu in 1908. He pioneered aerial photography through his friends the Walsh brothers and is also known for his comic photo montages.

    This photograph is pasted to the reverse of the card support of C9690, id 32842.

  • Copyright
    No known copyright restrictions
  • Last Update
    12 May 2023

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