ILATE RICHARD SEDDON
; PORTRAIT FOB'HIGH' COMMIS- ; : SIONER'S. OFFICE. ; - ; .";■;; (from am own coreespoji.ben^O, ■;. ■ " LONDON,. sthVNovember:' : The late Mi5S : Grace J. Joel, a yellknown New Zealand artist, who -hid spent many years'in England'and on the Continent; was ■a; prolific ;paiiiter; and she/has left a great number of .pictures. Among these was a' picture of the late Richard J. Seddon. A clause of Miss Joel's will reads:—"-'-' ..... . ... ■ i ,''.!'!' give to the.Dominion of New~;Zea-" land representative in London the portrait of the late /Right Hon. Richard Seddon, to be hiing in New'1 ""Zealand House, in London." '■ •' '"■'■, ' * ■ . Mrs.■/ Blanche Levi; sister-of ~thela<;e> Miss Joel and an executor of the.will, recently communicated with Sir- James Allen and handed: the fainting over.' Tin's, has been 'revarnishedi arid suitable framed,, .ajdd if.liciw.'finds;a, p'tfce,above the staircase in.the High.Commissioner's offices. ' •;"'.:.■ .' •' ■: ; Ther portrait is ,a ;life : size head and should.evs.presenta.tipn, ,the ..sitter .show-: ing full face with-.the eyes looking sideways. More than one- person, who is in a position to judge,' has.; ..expressed the opinion that: it- is a;' very, true- likeness." In addition, itis a gbocTworfcof art, and' js an acquisition' to' If eW. geilahd'House.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 3
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185ILATE RICHARD SEDDON Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 3
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