IMAGE
Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :View of the Porirua district from a native potatoe garden. [1841?]
- Date
- 1840 - 1841
- By
- Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
- Reference
- C-011-007
- Description
An extensive view from a cleared high spot with a dead tree in the left foreground, looking across bush and hills towards the west coast and the sea. The conical hill in the left background is probably Colonial Knob, with Titahi Bay in the centre background and Mount Cooper, the highest hill in the right background.
Other Titles - Potato
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in sepia ink, with initials WMS. Bottom left, 'Portfolio D'. Top left 'No. 59'. Top right, New Zealand Company stamp, dated Feb 17 1842 (its date of receipt in London).
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing with touches of blue watercolour 177 x 255 mm
Provenance: New Zealand Company drawing no. 59. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull from Francis Edwards, London, 1915.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Pen and brown ink drawing with touches of blue watercolour 177 x 255 mm
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