Portrait, Betty Ellen Sweetapple
Maker
Murray, Dianne Caroline
Production date
1988
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
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Brief Description
Portrait of Betty Ellen Sweetapple, nee McCartin, wife of Robert John Sweetapple, painted from a photograph after her death. The Sweetapple family owned and ran Gilberd & Company Ltd., a soft drink company in Napier, for four generations. Betty Sweetapple was also closely associated with the Napier branch of the Save the Children Fund, acting as President and area representative in the 1970s.
On the back of the portrait is a newspaper clipping of the artist's house in Thompson Road, Napier.
Oil on canvas, framed and unglazed. Inscription on back. Signed D C Murray.
On the back of the portrait is a newspaper clipping of the artist's house in Thompson Road, Napier.
Oil on canvas, framed and unglazed. Inscription on back. Signed D C Murray.
Production date
1988
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Oil paint on canvas. Wood frame painted gold. Unglazed.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Framed: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 560 x 455 x 28mm
Signature/Inscription
D C Murray, Signature
Betty Ellen Sweetapple. Nee McCartin. Napier, NZ./ Born 28th February 1922./ Died 7th April 1988. Painter Ms D. C. Murray, November 1988. From Photograph / Taken in Melbourne, October 1982., Inscription
For Betty, / It has been [a] priviledge and a pleasure / to paint this, / Dee Murray / 1988., Inscription
Thompson Road Napier / Portraits where [were] painted in 4 window studio [with arrow pointing to second story room on newspaper clipping of house]., Inscription
H. Wilkinson / Picture Framer / Napier Building / Dalton St., Napier / Ph. 53 728, Stamp
24th April 1989. / $55, Inscription
Betty Ellen Sweetapple. Nee McCartin. Napier, NZ./ Born 28th February 1922./ Died 7th April 1988. Painter Ms D. C. Murray, November 1988. From Photograph / Taken in Melbourne, October 1982., Inscription
For Betty, / It has been [a] priviledge and a pleasure / to paint this, / Dee Murray / 1988., Inscription
Thompson Road Napier / Portraits where [were] painted in 4 window studio [with arrow pointing to second story room on newspaper clipping of house]., Inscription
H. Wilkinson / Picture Framer / Napier Building / Dalton St., Napier / Ph. 53 728, Stamp
24th April 1989. / $55, Inscription
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1988
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
Credit line
gifted by Betty Maree Sweetapple. Reproduced by kind permission of Betty Maree Sweetapple
Other number(s)
2023/14/2, 100265
Accession number
2023/14/2
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