Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 10:11 am
The changing faces of everyday Cantabrians will be on
display in a new exhibition of images from New Zealand’s
longest-running photography studio, Standish and
Preece.
Portrait
of Catherine Komarova (née Scott) at the Villa Maria ball
in 1984. Canterbury Museum
2019.10.4828
Standish and Preece:
Christchurch Photographers 1885–2020 showcases a
selection of the 75,000 images in Canterbury Museum’s
collection that were captured by the studio.
During
the Level 4 lockdown last year, the Museum put 32,000 of the
Standish and Preece images onto its Collections Online
website, calling on the public to help identify the many
people and places in the collection. Since then, more than
Community Heritage Grants Recipients 2019
Image
The Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations such as libraries, archives, museums, genealogical and historical societies, multicultural and Indigenous groups. The grants are provided to assist with the preservation of locally owned, but nationally significant collections of materials that are publicly accessible including artefacts, letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and audio visual material.
In 2019, 60 grants were awarded, totalling $378,440.
New South Wales
Roman Intaglio Ring depicting Mars
- Credit: Colchester Museums and Douglas Atfield
Colchester Museums have re-dated a gem to Rome s Republic.
The engraved gem, a deep red colour, was mounted in an iron ring. It would have been used to seal letters and documents.
Experts have revealed the ring to date 150 to 250 years earlier than previously thought.
The intaglio was excavated at Gosbecks Archaeological Park, Colchester in 1995 by the Colchester Archaeological Trust. It was unearthed within the area of a ‘Romano-Celtic’ temple.
The new information came to light when Colchester + Ipswich Museums Service launched their Collections Online database.
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The engraved gem and Glynn Davis EXPERTS have revealed an engraved Roman gem dug up in Colchester has been found to date hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. The engraved gem – an intaglio – was excavated at Gosbecks Archaeological Park, Colchester in 1995 by the Colchester Archaeological Trust. It was unearthed within the precinct of what would have been a ‘Romano-Celtic’ temple, that was discovered on the site. It was thought to have been from around the time of Emperor Claudius’ invasion of Britain in AD 43. The carnelian intaglio of deep red colour was mounted in an iron ring and was originally used by its owner to seal letters and documents.