Raetihi resident, deputy mayor and businessman, John Compton was photographed last week painting Santa on the window of Dalgety Crown in Seddon Street. Like Rembrandt, who used mirrors for his many self portraits, it is understood that John used his own reflection in the plate glass window on which to base this larger than life-size figure of Father Christmas!
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 2, Issue 29, 18 December 1984, Page 12
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59Raetihi resident, deputy mayor and businessman, John Compton was photographed last week painting Santa on the window of Dalgety Crown in Seddon Street. Like Rembrandt, who used mirrors for his many self portraits, it is understood that John used his own reflection in the plate glass window on which to base this larger than life-size figure of Father Christmas! Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 2, Issue 29, 18 December 1984, Page 12
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