| Accession No |
2015.1
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| Name/Title |
PAINTING; Retaruke Reach, Wanganui River
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| Brief Description |
This large landscape painting in oils on canvas is of the Retaruke Reach on the Whanganui River. It was painted by T W Downes in 1896 on heavy canvas and mounted within an ornate gilded frame. You can see two men in a waka which has been poled to rest against the bushy banks of the river.
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| Classification |
Painting/Art/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
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| Primary Maker |
Downes, Thomas William
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| Primary Prod Date |
1896
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| Primary Prod Period |
19th century
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| Primary Prod Place |
Whanganui/Aotearoa/New Zealand
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| Measurement Reading |
116 x 155cm
89 x 127.5cm
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| Signature/Marks |
RETARUKE REACH / WANGANUI RIVER / T. W. DOWNES, BULLS N.Z. / 1896
T.W.D. / 1896
MR A C Jones / B / Ipswich / Oils / Await [illegible]
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