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Natives of San Cristoval

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  • Description

    Watercolour and ink study of aspects of life on Makira Island, formerly known as San Christoval or San Christobal, in the Solomons. The painting shows a black and white swallow, a snail with a sand shell and a pair of portraits of villages from Makira Island.

  • Other Id

    714 (Presto content ID)

    PD-1962-2-14 (Reference Number)

    62/16 (accession number)

    PD448 (Legacy number)

  • Department

    Art

Images and documents

Images

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    artwork

  • Name/Title
    Natives of San Cristoval
  • Primary Maker

     John Webster (Artist)

  • Date
    1851
  • Signature/marks

    John Webster 1851

  • Physical Description

    366 mm. x 262 mm. (painting)

    373 mm. x 271 mm. (mount)

  • Collection
    John Webster
  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Related Object Notes
    PD 43 (1-17), (18-120)
  • Media/Materials Description
    Wash on paper
  • Subject Category

    Solomon Islands--Portraits

    Birds--Solomon Islands/Library of Congress subject headings

    Molluscs--Solomon Islands

  • Content
    Full inscriptions from painting face read: "swallow of San Christoval , sand shell , Pua , Ome , Natives of San Cristoval."
  • 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).

    Neg. no. C22544.

    For re-work by Angas, see (9).

  • Copyright
    Cultural permissions apply
  • Credit Line
    Donated by Mrs Leigh-McKenzie and Miss Jean Webster. 1962.
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2022

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