On the 3rd Day of Christmas

On the third day of Christmas
my true love gave to me
Three flax kits / 3 French hens

the nominations are:

Three Flax kits:


Gottfried Lindauer, Maoris Plaiting Flax Baskets, 1903, oil on canvas
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915


Three french hens (the most nominations so far - vote now either by emailing feedback@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz, or comment below)

Edwin Alexander, Old Age, watercolour
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki


William Hemsley, Feeding the Chicks, oil on canvas,
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1884

(these others are still in copyright so here is the link)
Spot the lovely tenuous links

or
W D Hammond, Whistler's Mother, 2000, pen, ink, acrylic, Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2000

or
Peter Peryer, Self Portrait 1977, 1977
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Purchased 1981

or
John Tarlton, Hitching Home - mid term break, 1989, cibachrome photograph
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1989

or
Glenn Busch, Warrne Allis, Chicken Plucker, 1982, black and white photographs
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased 1983


2 turtle doves (here's the winner from yesterday)

Percy Thomas, The Doves, etchingAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930

.....and a pukeko in a ponga Tree

Percy Bagnall, Pukeko, 1919, colour lithographAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, transferred from the Auckland Public Library, 1932


See you tomorrow!