Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson Why did Emily Harris produce so many large oil paintings in 1906? The question has been on our minds since first realising that the oils signed and dated in red at lower left or right are part of an exhibit Emily sent to the International Exhibition in Christchurch that year. Read More…
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New Zealand Liliaceae, 1906
Catherine Field-Dodgson and Michele Leggott In January we received an intriguing email from archivist Katherine Pawley at the University of Auckland. ‘It just leapt out at me,’ she told us, indicating a link to a tall skinny painting by an unknown artist at Webb’s auction house in Auckland. As soon as we clicked on the Read More…
Talking to the archivists
Story and photos Catherine Field-Dodgson and Michele Leggott In October 2024, we travelled to Ōtautahi Christchurch to deliver a keynote presentation for Opening the Archives: access, engagement, innovation. The conference was organised by the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), Archives & Records Association of NZ Te Huinga Mahara (ARANZ) and the Pacific Regional Branch of Read More…
Antarctic panels revealed
By Catherine Field-Dodgson and Michele Leggott Last month Michele reflected on Emily Harris’s missing 1906 sub-antarctic panel and wondered what it might look like: We can make some guesses about the size and content of Emily’s second panel of Antarctic flowers, to date unlocated. Given her predilection for symmetry we can guess the second panel Read More…