By Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson, with research support from Wayne Orchiston and Ian Cooper First there were Emily’s three small oil paintings of celestial events, each with a connection to Dr Frank Bett, her friend and neighbour in Nile St from around 1910. Bett owned the three paintings and after his death in 1957 Read More…
Month: May 2024
Emily Harris and the Tākaka Caves
By Jackie Cook So what does Emily Harris have to do with caves? From the 1890s to 1914, something of a vogue arose in Nelson for visiting caves. Four aspects of life in late nineteenth/early twentieth century colonial culture had intersected upon this rather unlikely spot. Taken in sequence, they help explain how an interest Read More…