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Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938 :Christchurch, Canterbury colony, New Zealand 1859
Date: 1859
By: Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: B-078-009
Description: The first buildings around the Avon River, in what was to become central Christchurch. Flax growing in the foreground and a bridge over the river. The Port Hills are in the distance. The area shown is Oxford Terrace, with the Worcester Street bridge on the right in the middle distance. The dark two-storied house left of centre is the house of Dr A C Barker. The central two-storied house is that of William Guise Brittan. The Lands Office is left of the bridge Copied from an engraving in "Illustrated London News" April 9,1853 p. 268 which was after a sketch by Dr A C Barker Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: W.S.H. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 387 x 228 mm Provenance: Purchase: A H Turnbull from English dealer Albert Berthel, of Richmond, 1914.
Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873 :Christchurch, Canterbury colony, New Zealand [1...
Date: 1852 - 1882 - 1889
By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873
Reference: A-353-022
Description: The first buildings around the Avon River, in what was to become central Christchurch. A flag flies on a flagpole in the centre. There are flax plants in the foreground on the river bank, and a bridge at far right. The Port Hills are in the distance. Lithograph based on a sketch by Dr A C Barker, published as an engraving in the "Illustrated London news" in 1853. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 160 x 243 mm, on sheet 200 x 286 mm.