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Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Loggy Lewin. [and View from Commissioner's Cave, Ototara, October / November, 1848]
- Date
- 1848
- By
- Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852; Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
- Reference
- E-333-026/027
- Description
Sketch on the right shows a view across a plain with small round ponds from a camp fire beneath overhanging rocks, 'Commissioner's Cave, Ototara. The sketch on the left shows a man with a broad-brimmed hat, and patched trousers, leaning against the walls of a small wooden shelter, with a table and cooking pots on the ground beside him. It appears to be a copy of F. E. Nairn's 'Rakitawine of Te Hakataramea, Waitaki' (original sketch located at C-103-080-1)
The view from the rock shelter identified as 'Commissioner's Cave' Ototara from Alfred Wills' drawing 'View from Commissioner's Cave, Ototara, looking southwest. Three of the curious round ponds on the plain. [Oct/Nov, 1848]. The Commissioner was likely to be Mantell, Commissioner for the Extinguishment of Native Titles
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 'Copied' [possibly from drawings by Alfred Wills and Francis Nairn]
Quantity: 2 drawing(s) (on one page).
Physical Description: Ink and pencil on page, 135 x 230 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848 / Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848
- Format
- 2 drawing(s) (on one page), Works of art, Ink drawings, Pencil works, Ink and pencil on page, 135 x 230 mm.
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Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852. Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Loggy Lewin. [and View from Commissioner's Cave, Ototara, October / November, 1848]. Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848. Ref: E-333-026/027. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22802695More information can be found in our terms of use.