Painting: Illustration from Egmont Times 1856

Maker
Henry John Chitty Harper
Emily Harper
Production date
1856
 Description
One painting captioned 'What is an unusual sight at Sea? A Bishop halfway up the Rigging' attributed to Henry John Chitty Harper and Emily Harper used as an illustration in the shipboard newspaper the Egmont Times. Watercolour and ink on paper.
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Maker
Production place
New Zealand
Collecting unit
Art
Pictorial
Production role

Attributed to
Measurements
Dimensions (h x w): whole: 142 x 90mm
Named collection
Canterbury Pilgrims & Early Settlers Association Inc
Subject category
Sketchbook, New Zealand
Shipping & Emigration
Social & Domestic
Sports
Current rights
No known copyright restrictions
Current rights code
No known copyright restrictions
Other id
PIC84/47
PA216
48/49
Catalogue number
PIC84/47
Accession number
1949.148.296
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: Not signed
Marks/Inscriptions: "Saturday, 20th September, 1856"; Type of mark: Date; Notes: Reads
Marks/Inscriptions: "Egmont Times 1856"; Type of mark: Title
Marks/Inscriptions: (J. Heyward, Editor); Type of mark: Signature
Marks/Inscriptions: "Mrs S. B. Gibson, 27 Cowlishaw Ave, Avonside. 24 Jan, 1930, per George Harper. For the Old Colonists' Association. Daughter of Captain Gibson's son. Captain Gibson was master of the S. S. Egmont, 1856, in which (amongst many other old Colonists), was Bishop Harper, G. Harper and family."; Type of mark: Inscription; Notes: Reads

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