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Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :[Lake Taupo from Te Rapa looking north to Tauhara, ...
Date: 1843 - 1881 - 1841
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: B-107-003
Description: 4 Maori in foreground, lake in middle ground, Tauhara in the distance. Probably copied from the same view drawn in 1841 by Joseph Jenner Merrett and lithographed as the frontispiece of Ernst Dieffenbach's Travels in New Zealand, vol 1 London 1843 (919.31 / DIE / 1843) Title based on Dieffenbach's 'View of Taupo from Te Rapa with Tauhara mountain at a distance where the river Waikato issues from the lake' Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - J.B.P. 4.8.81. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 143 x 202 mm