Kōrero: Gant, Robert

Channelling Greece and Rome

Channelling Greece and Rome

Robert Gant’s 1889 portrait of Charles Blackburn reflects the photographer's interest in classical statuary and the codes of male friendship in ancient Greece and Rome.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PA1-q-962-43-1
by Robert Gant

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Chris Brickell. 'Gant, Robert', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/6g1/gant-robert (accessed 26 April 2024)