ID: 700001873 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001873	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The blowing up of the Boyd (painting (visual work); Louis John Steele (New Zealand painter, 1842-1918) and Kenne...; 1889; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; 1992-0019-2)

Note: At the time The Blowing up of the Boyd was produced, there was an enthusiastic market for sensationalised pictures of such ‘historical’ events. Louis John Steele and Kennett Watkins, both established New Zealand artists, made this work in that European history-painting tradition.

Titles:

The blowing up of the Boyd (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1889

Creator Display:

Louis John Steele (New Zealand painter, 1842-1918) and Kennett Watkins (New Zealand painter, 1847-1933) [preferred,VP]

painter Watkins, Kennett (New Zealand artist, 1847-1933) [500179519]

painter Steele, Louis John (New Zealand painter, 1842-1918) [500354683]

Locations:

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1992-0019-2

Credit Line: Purchased 1992 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Support 1218 (Height) x 1837 (Width) mm; Sight 1094 (Height) x 1817 (Width) mm; Frame 1586 (Height) x 2207 (Width) mm

Cultures:

New Zealand (New Zealander) (preferred)

European

General Subject:

events (preferred)

landscapes

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	Term Not Found
	..... AAT Candidate

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The blowing up of the Boyd	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=36720
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=36720