Leo Bensemann
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1912, d.1986
The Bishop of Christchurch
- Ink
- Presented to the Gallery by Mary Bensemann, 1995
- 280 x 190mm
- 96/25
Tags: bishops (prelates), caricatures, clergy, crosses (motifs), hair, men (male humans), monochrome, people (agents), profiles (figures)
The subject of this drawing is the Most Reverend Campbell West-Watson (1877-1953). He was appointed Bishop of Christchurch in 1926 and, additionally, Archbishop of New Zealand in 1940. He retired from both appointments in 1951.
