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Broadsheet - Wellington [1845] 'Fancy Dress Ball...'
Estimate:
$400 - $600
Sold
$550
Timed Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 2: Online Auction (lot 95-432)
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Description
Broadsheet - Wellington [1845]
Fancy Dress Ball, under the direction of stewards, Tuesday, March 4, 1845
A Fancy Dress Ball will Take Place on the above evening, in the Britannia Saloon, Aurora Tavern .... Dancing to commence at 8 o’clock. 345 x 300mm. Rare.
Roland Davis sailed to NZ on the Aurora arriving in 1840, he soon became a leading figure in the organization of working class interests in early wellington. He kept the Aurora Tavern in Willis Street, which opened in 1844 and in 1845 and built the town’s first theatre the Britannia Saloon adjacent to it.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
Fancy Dress Ball, under the direction of stewards, Tuesday, March 4, 1845
A Fancy Dress Ball will Take Place on the above evening, in the Britannia Saloon, Aurora Tavern .... Dancing to commence at 8 o’clock. 345 x 300mm. Rare.
Roland Davis sailed to NZ on the Aurora arriving in 1840, he soon became a leading figure in the organization of working class interests in early wellington. He kept the Aurora Tavern in Willis Street, which opened in 1844 and in 1845 and built the town’s first theatre the Britannia Saloon adjacent to it.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
