Sheba

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Title

Sheba

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is a portrait of Allison Kirkcaldie, who was part of the family that owned Wellington’s Kirkcaldie and Stains department store. Mary Tripe has painted her in fancy dress, as the Queen of Sheba. In 1928, Allison Kirkcaldie was one of six young Wellington women chosen to participate in the Dream of Fair Women Pageant. The pageant was held in the Town Hall, with each participant dressed as a different queen. It was part of a fundraising carnival to raise money for the establishment of a Na...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1929

Creator

Mary Tripe

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/35956

Related subjects

Portraits / Women / Headgear / Feathers / Capes (Clothing) / Peacocks / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / Kathleen Kirkcaldie

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