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Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :L[ake] Taupo. [Painting on shell. 1870-1889].
Date: 1870 - 1889
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs
Reference: Curios-013-005-2
Description: Painting on a shell, showing a section of Lake Taupo with a whare in the right foreground, a waka on the water near the shore, and the Central Plateau peaks behind, with Mt Ngauruhoe steaming. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - JB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 155 x 150 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.
Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :[Looking across Lake Taupo with Mounts Tongariro, N...
Date: 1874
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926
Reference: C-007-005
Description: Shows a view looking southwest over Lake Taupo, with Ruapehu shown to the left of Ngauruhoe which has a plume of smoke coming from it. The right foreground shows bush and a small plateau on which cattle are grazing. There are cliffs on the lakeside in the left distance. Shows Motutaiko Island in the central distance. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 330 x 520 mm