Newspaper Cuttings, Leo Bestall
Maker
Bestall (MBE) Leonard Delabere
Daily Telegraph
Production date
1939
1944
1956
Object detail
Brief Description
Newspaper clippings written by or referring to Leo Bestall.
a) Letter about the Carnegie Grant written by Leo Bestall and published in the correspondence section of the Daily Telegraph. Letter is dated 28 December 1936. A publishing date is written in pencil at the top denoting 29 December 1936.
b) Two copies of an article entitled: Museums Abroad, American Methods - Mr Leo D Bestall's Observations Outlined. Report to Committee. Relates to Notes on a Museum Tour of USA. Dated 21 June 1939.
c) Newspaper article dated 27 September 1944 entitled: Welfare Work. Captain Bestall Home. New Zealanders Interest in Egypt. Splendid Name. Article details Bestall's role and activities during the war.
d) Newspaper clipping dated 30 October 1956 and entitled: Art Gallery Director Back in City. Article details Bestall's trip to Europe to attend an International Council of Museums conference and buy work for the Hawke's Bay Museum's collection. It also features a photograph of Leo Bestall.
e) Article entitled: Cathedral Re-Building. Summarises a report that Bestall gave to an unspecified annual meeting. Undated.
f) Article regarding an exhibition review of the Annual Exhibition of the Hawke's Bay Art Society. Undated.
a) Letter about the Carnegie Grant written by Leo Bestall and published in the correspondence section of the Daily Telegraph. Letter is dated 28 December 1936. A publishing date is written in pencil at the top denoting 29 December 1936.
b) Two copies of an article entitled: Museums Abroad, American Methods - Mr Leo D Bestall's Observations Outlined. Report to Committee. Relates to Notes on a Museum Tour of USA. Dated 21 June 1939.
c) Newspaper article dated 27 September 1944 entitled: Welfare Work. Captain Bestall Home. New Zealanders Interest in Egypt. Splendid Name. Article details Bestall's role and activities during the war.
d) Newspaper clipping dated 30 October 1956 and entitled: Art Gallery Director Back in City. Article details Bestall's trip to Europe to attend an International Council of Museums conference and buy work for the Hawke's Bay Museum's collection. It also features a photograph of Leo Bestall.
e) Article entitled: Cathedral Re-Building. Summarises a report that Bestall gave to an unspecified annual meeting. Undated.
f) Article regarding an exhibition review of the Annual Exhibition of the Hawke's Bay Art Society. Undated.
Collection
Production date
1939
1944
1956
1944
1956
Production place
Production period
Media/Materials description
Black ink on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 330 x 63mm
Height x Width: 620 x 60mm
Height x Width: 390 x 110mm
Height x Width: 449 x 50mm
Height x Width: 211 x 136mm
Height x Width: 260 x 200mm
Height x Width: 620 x 60mm
Height x Width: 390 x 110mm
Height x Width: 449 x 50mm
Height x Width: 211 x 136mm
Height x Width: 260 x 200mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1936-1956
Credit line
from the Leo Bestall Collection
Other number(s)
37475
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