Group portrait of the Blythes Team
Maker
Deighton Studios
Production date
Aug 1914
Current rights
Public Domain
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Group portrait of the Blythes Team dressed for a Patriotic Dance organised by the Napier 30,000 Club that was held at Thompson Payne's Skating Rink in August 1914.
The members of the group are all dressed as Pierrot, a character whose origins can be traced back to the Commedia de l'Arte, a form of theatre that dates back to the late seventeenth century. Replicating the costume traditionally worn by Pierrot, the men of the group are dressed in a loose white blouse with large buttons and white pants. The costumes also feature a frilled collaret and a conical shaped hat that were also sometimes worn by the character. The women wear a variant on this costume. Their dresses, which are of a darker colour, feature the same large pompom buttons and frilled collarets of their male counterparts. They also wear conical hats matching the shade of their dresses.
The members of the group are identified on the back of the photograph. Pictured standing from left: Miss M Armour, Mr Fairbrother, Miss Rawston, Mr K Hasted, Miss V Higgins, Miss A Ashton, and Mr B Alexander.
Seated: Mr Arthur Bradshaw, Mr John Campbell, Mrs Floss Kinnear, Mr Norm Wallace, and Miss M Whitaker.
The group is posed against a painted backdrop.
Photographer, Deighton Studios.
The members of the group are all dressed as Pierrot, a character whose origins can be traced back to the Commedia de l'Arte, a form of theatre that dates back to the late seventeenth century. Replicating the costume traditionally worn by Pierrot, the men of the group are dressed in a loose white blouse with large buttons and white pants. The costumes also feature a frilled collaret and a conical shaped hat that were also sometimes worn by the character. The women wear a variant on this costume. Their dresses, which are of a darker colour, feature the same large pompom buttons and frilled collarets of their male counterparts. They also wear conical hats matching the shade of their dresses.
The members of the group are identified on the back of the photograph. Pictured standing from left: Miss M Armour, Mr Fairbrother, Miss Rawston, Mr K Hasted, Miss V Higgins, Miss A Ashton, and Mr B Alexander.
Seated: Mr Arthur Bradshaw, Mr John Campbell, Mrs Floss Kinnear, Mr Norm Wallace, and Miss M Whitaker.
The group is posed against a painted backdrop.
Photographer, Deighton Studios.
Maker
Production date
Aug 1914
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Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 132 x 199mm
Mount: Height x Width: 246 x 302mm
Mount: Height x Width: 246 x 302mm
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Aug 1914
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 7166
Credit Line
gifted by Mr N M Simmons
Other number(s)
m88/29, 7166, 78389
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