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Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Black fern-tree. N Zd. [W. Swainson del]. Cuthbert Clarke...
Date: 1849
From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].
By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863; Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: E-144-090
Description: A mamaku tree fern in a forest clearing, with a raupo shelter at its foot, a Maori man seated at its opening, tall tree trunks to the left. The view is in Hutt Forest Thought to be a unique surviving copy of this lithograph. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Cuthbert Clarke litho. Additional text, including title, beneath the image on both sides and centre The Alexander Turnbull Library has a watercolour copy by Frederick John White, reference number A-292-073; also two copies in pencil, ink and wash by Janetta Maria Cookson reference numbers A-048-049 and A-048-050 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of lithograph, original 6.9 x 5 inches
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Great black fern, Lower Hutt, N.Z.d. [ca 1845]
Date: 1845
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-190-022
Description: A clearing in bush, with a single-storey bark hut on a rock or clay bank beside a small stream. A tall mamaku (tree fern) is in front of the hut, with a seated and a standing Maori figure. Other tree ferns and bush are beyond, with hills. A raupo is in the foreground beside the stream. The scene is likely to be at the foot of the western or eastern hills in the Hutt Valley. Other Titles - Native bark hut and tree fern, Lower Hutt Valley Inscriptions: Verso - Native bark hut and black fern. Lower Hutt Valley. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 180 x 120 mm