| Image number |
W012, image courtesy of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
Description |
Watercolour on paper |
| Size (cm) |
53 x 45 |
Signed |
Yes |
Dated |
1894 |
| Inscribed |
|
Owner |
Te Papa Collection Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts |
| Exhibited |
WAC 1894 [024] nfs. OAS annual 1894 [205] np New Zealand Art - A Centennial Exhibition 1940 |
| Picture notes |
Included in a photograph of the WAC 1894 exhibition in the possession of Te Papa.
Reproduced in b/w in Art in Australia, 3rd Series #5 (1923).
Evening Post 16 Jul 1894, p4 [WAC] "a masterful portrait".
NZ Times 16 Jul 1894, p2 [WAC] "The portrait of Mr Nairn is admirable in feeling and thoroughly good in technique. The likeness is of course a speaking one, and the colour scheme exceptionally clever."
Triad 1 Aug 1894 "The portrait of Mr Nairn is capital".
"Portrait of Mr Nairn" was the title in the OAS 1894 catalogue. The title in the WAC 1894 catalogue was "Portrait - J.M.N." |
