CANCELLED: MACKELVIE SOCIETY EVENT, 15 APRIL

OUR EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED, BUT WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO PROVIDE CONTENT TO SHARE WITH YOU VERY SOON.

James Tannock Mackelvie the Myth and the Man

Join the Mackelvie Trustees and Mackelvie Society members for an inspiring talk by Mary Kisler, Curator Emerita, Auckland Art Gallery.

We know the basic facts about James Mackelvie’s relationship with Auckland. But who was this feisty Scot really, and why did he spend the fortune he made in New Zealand acquiring an eclectic collection for the benefit of the burgeoning town which had been his home for only six years? His collection mirrored the cabinets of curiosity built up by 17th century aristocrats on the Grand Tour, but his generosity matched the great 19th century British philanthropists of his day.

Wednesday 15 April

6pm – 8pm

drinks & canapés

Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auditorium

RSVP to info@mackelviesociety.com

Images: Top left, Polychromatic ornament, Auguste Racinet, 1873 (Auckland Libraries); Top right: Guido Reni   (1575-1642) St Sebastian  c.1618. oil on canvas, 167 by 127.6 cm, Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki; Bottom left, Jade box, heart shaped, gilt silver, stone and enamel, pre-1885, China 90 x 90 x 135 mm. Bottom right James Tannock Mackelvie (1824 - 1885)