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Picturing the Mackenzie Country

Picturing the Mackenzie Country

Titled ‘Mackenzie Country’, this painting portrays the expansiveness of the plains. It was completed in the early 1950s by the South Canterbury artist Esther Hope.

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Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Watercolour by Esther Hope

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John Wilson, 'South Canterbury places - Mackenzie Country', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/11442/picturing-the-mackenzie-country (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by John Wilson, updated 17 Aug 2015