Fox, William, 1812-1893 :Port Lyttelton. Passengers by the Cressy landing. Etched by T. Allom, from a drawing by Wm Fox Esqr. London, John W. Parker, 1851. [Christchurch] Avon Fine Prints, 1974

View looking down onto Lyttelton Harbour in 1850, with a family in the foreground shaking hands with the builder of a house, and other new immigrants making their way up the Lyttelton side of the Bridle Path. Washing on a line to the right, tents and houses, with Mr Godley's house and emigration barracks noted, along with the Sumner Road. The first four immigrant ships to Canterbury are also shown in the harbour, the Charlotte Jane on the left, the Randolph, the Cressy (with sails unfurled) and the Sir George Seymour.

Number 6 of an edition of 1000

Originally published in Four illustrative views of the Canterbury settlement. London, 1851, plate 2.

Reproduced by courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Photolithograph, 227 x 380 mm on sheet 430 x 556 mm