Title

Sheba, c.1929. Creator: Mary Tripe.

Caption

Sheba, c.1929. This is a portrait of Allison Kirkcaldie, who was part of the family that owned Wellington’s Kirkcaldie and Stains department store. She is painted 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 National Art Gallery.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A24_301

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45,0Mb (5,9Mb) / 10,6in x 16,5in / 3174 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait standing female women woman people red religious arts painting country religion finance monarch art green Carnival clothes weapon weapons museum headdress color feathers New Zealand feather royal dress war location century gallery arms clothing royalty concept North Island Wellington twenties APPAREL looking at camera one person arms crossed posture arms folded crossed arms folded arms warfare peacock feather art gallery cloak head dress oil Painting Colour National Art Gallery Old Testament pageant hand on chest weaponry 1920s National Gallery of Art 20th century fancy dress New Zealander Oil on canvas Queen of Sheba sovereign TGN Aotearoa Aotearoan direct gaze Queen portrait oil fundraising young women young woman hand on heart charity event fundraiser Allison green colour Oil on canvas art centre Heritage Art clothing & dress fashion & clothing Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Dream of Fair Women Mary Tripe Tripe Mary Mary Elizabeth Tripe Richardson Mary Elizabeth Mary Elizabeth Richardson Mollie Tripe Allison Kirkcaldie Kirkcaldie