Alexander Alexander's grave
Maker
Bestall (MBE) Leonard Delabere
Production date
May 1910
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows Alexander Alexander's grave. On the back of the mount is written: This grave has been there since 1885, it's occupant is Alexander Alexander and the stone top bears the inscription 'He was a man Horatia'. Note the Māori painting on the underside of the roof. Photo by L B Bestall. A grave on the road from Napier to Puketapu.
Photographer, Leo Bestall, Napier.
Date, May 1910.
Photographer, Leo Bestall, Napier.
Date, May 1910.
Production date
May 1910
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Mount: Height x Width: 130 x 96mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 72 x 94mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 72 x 94mm
Signature/Inscription
H.B. Art Gallery & Museum, Stamp, Stamped
Box 31, Inscription, Handwritten
143, Stamp, Stamped
Box 31, Inscription, Handwritten
143, Stamp, Stamped
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
May 1910
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 1837
Credit Line
gifted by Leo Bestall
Other number(s)
m57/4, 1837, 89639
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