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Owl

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Watercolour portrait of an owl perched on a branch.

  • Other Id

    2521 (Presto content ID)

    PD-1979-4-63 (Reference Number)

    79/4 (accession number)

    PD468 (Legacy number)

  • Department

Images and documents

Images

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Owl
  • Primary Maker

     John Webster (Artist)

  • Physical Description

    175 mm. x 112 mm.

  • Collection
  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Related Object Notes
    PD 43 (1-17), (18-120)
  • Is Part Of
  • Media/Materials Description
    Watercolour on card
  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Inscription on verso reads: "don't you think this is beautiful? Who did it?"
  • Public Access Text

    PD 43 (1-17) and possibly (36) are by George French Angas, based on the originals by John Webster. Webster may have commissioned Angas to rework his originals and six were reproduced in a special limited edition of six copies of Webster's book "The last cruise of the Wanderer", one copy of which was presented to Sir George Grey, now in the Auckland Public Library collection.

    The Webster collection have been acquired by the Museum over a number of years and from different sources. (see provenance note). The original numbering sequence adopted by the Library in accessioning and cataloguing these works have been retained whenever practicable, but some numbers have been re-arranged to accommodate and differentiate the Angas works from those by Webster.(ie PD 43 (1-17) are by Angas; PD 43 (18-120) are by Webster).

    12 paintings of birds. See also (33-37, 46-47, 49-53) for other bird paintings.

  • Copyright
    No known copyright restrictions
  • Credit Line
    Donated by Mrs Marie Ingham, Milford, April 1979
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2022

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