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Photographic copy of a drawing by Charles Edward Hammond titled Pedlars at the diggings, Lindis gold field, Lindis Pass, Otago
- Date
- [ca 1912]
- Reference
- MNZ-0425-1/4-F
- Description
Photographic copy of a drawing by Charles Edward Hammond, created circa 1912, titled 'Peddlars at the Diggings', taken from "Five Years in New Zealand (1859-1864)" London, J C Hammond, 1912, by Robert B Booth, facing page 67. Shows a scene in 1861 with a pedlar and a liquor merchant's grog shop at the Lindis gold field, Lindis Pass, Otago.
Other - Caption from "Making New Zealand" reads:"Peddlars at the diggings. In 'Five Years in New Zealand' Robert B Booth described the scene thus: 'These men were simply shrewd, energetic men of business, ready without actual disonesty to take every possible advantage of the wants and weaknesses of their fellow men. We had some pleasant evenings in their company'.
Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Artist identified by Library client.
Inscriptions: Peddlars at the diggings (Title underneath published item)
Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
- Format
- 1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Photographic copy of a drawing by Charles Edward Hammond titled Pedlars at the diggings, Lindis gold field, Lindis Pass, Otago. Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection. Ref: MNZ-0425-1/4-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23130075More information can be found in our terms of use.