Samuel Charlton Weston with Napier Railways Banner
Maker
Sorrell, Charles Hudson Cunningham
Production date
1913
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph of artist Samuel Charlton Weston and his unidentified assistant standing next to the Napier Railways Banner, 1913.
The banner was designed and painted by Samuel Charlton Weston. Weston is standing at the left of the banner wearing a suit and holding a painter's palette. The banner is attached to a decorative frame with a simpler supportive frame behind it. There are ropes wound around the side lengths of the decorative frame that end in tassels at the top.
The banner reads: Amalgamated Society Railway Servants, Napier, Unity is Strength.
Photographer: Charles Sorrell.
The banner was designed and painted by Samuel Charlton Weston. Weston is standing at the left of the banner wearing a suit and holding a painter's palette. The banner is attached to a decorative frame with a simpler supportive frame behind it. There are ropes wound around the side lengths of the decorative frame that end in tassels at the top.
The banner reads: Amalgamated Society Railway Servants, Napier, Unity is Strength.
Photographer: Charles Sorrell.
Production date
1913
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 203 x 148mm
Height x Width: 299 x 248mm
Height x Width: 299 x 248mm
Signature/Inscription
Chas. Sorrell, Dickens Street, Napier, N.Z., Embossed, Embossed
Left is Samuel Charlton Weston (called Stan), Inscription, Handwritten
Left is Samuel Charlton Weston (called Stan), Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1913
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 14322
Credit Line
gifted by Pat and Keith Bennett-Rowley
Other number(s)
m2006/82/2, 14322, 77224
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