IMAGE
Artist unknown: Avuna, Rarotonga (Cook's group), from deck of Avalon. [ca 1890]
- Date
- 1880 - 1890
- Reference
- A-466-012
- Description
Shows a fishing village on the coast of Avarua, Rarotonga, painted from the deck of the 'Avalon'. Huts line the beach, boats are in the water with figures fishing, bush and mountains rising in the background. A bank of low white cloud sits on top of the mountains
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Avarua Rarotonga (Cook's group) / From deck of Avalon [in pencil]; Verso - top left - This mountain is Mainega - leatia [?] / Mountain white [in pencil]
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on paper, 175 x 253 mm
Provenance: Provenance prior to purchase unknown
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 oil(s), Works of art, Oil paintings, Seascapes, Oil on paper, 175 x 253 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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