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Baker, William George 1864-1929 :L Taupo [ca 1900?]
Date: 1890 - 1910
By: Baker, William George, 1864-1929
Reference: G-616
Description: View looking south, possibly from where the Waikato River exits from the lake. There are six Maori in a canoe in the foreground and part of a village in the right foreground with a carved wharenui, with three Maori on the front porch. A smaller hut is to the left of the wharenui. There are cabbage trees and flax bushes around the marae area. There is a smaller canoe on the lake in the middle distance. Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu can be seen in the distance. Mount Tongariro has steam rising from its crater Compare a very similar watercolour by Baker in his sketchbook E-628-005. The only detail that differs is that the watercolour lacks the smaller canoe in the middle distance A watercolour version by Baker of the same view (300 x 400 mm) in a private collection, probably another preliminary version with minor differences, was shown in an exhibition at Pataka, Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures, April to August 2007 - The itinerant artist: revisiting the paintings of William George Baker Other Titles - Lake Taupo Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [title and signature in red brushpoint] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 590 x 890 mm