Item #019284 Signed note. S. J. Lamorna Birch.

Signed note

1937. No Binding. Signed note. S.J. Lamorna Birch R.A., headed: Pyes Camp, Taupo, 21st March 1937, "Dear Sir, Herewith my autograph. Yours sincerely, S.J.Lamorna Birch." Includes 6 newspaper cuttings. One of these is a reproduction of Birch's oil painting of Piha beach, which was purchased by the MacKelvie Trust, and another is a cartoon (by J.C.H) depicting a number of paintings of scenes in the rain - a commentary on Auckland's weather at the time. Birch (1869-1955) was an English landscape painter who came to New Zealand in November 1936 for a painting tour in preparation for the 1937 Royal Academy Exhibition. "Pyes Camp" was a camp established by an Irish fisherman Alan Pye, in 1924, now the site of the luxury Huka Lodge. Very Good. Item #019284

Price: $71.25 NZD

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