The blue ribbon

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Title

The blue ribbon

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The model for this painting was a woman called Claribel Williams. Williams worked for Mary Tripe for around 13 years, both as a model and an occasional maid. At the time this work was painted, Tripe had a studio at her house in Wellington’s Selwyn Terrace. She taught painting there, mostly to young women. Claribel Williams started modelling for Tripe in 1923, after coming to the house looking for cleaning work. She wrote in her autobiography: "She [Tripe] took me into a large sitting room and...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1926

Creator

Mary Tripe

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/44480

Related subjects

Portraits / Women / Dresses / Headbands (Headgear) / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / Wellington

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