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Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :[View of Nelson foreshore]. 1845
Date: 1845
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898
Reference: C-173-001
Description: Shows the coastal road and hills of the Nelson foreshore, with what is now Abel Tasman National Park seen in the distance. Two Maori carry a rod between them with a line of fish hanging from it. Various houses can be seen at the road's edge, and boats of different types are in the water. One dinghy in the foreground is kept under a roofed shelter. Oxen pulling a cart can also be seen travelling the road Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C Heaphy 1845 [in faint brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 215 x 310 mm Provenance: Previously purchased from a Parisian dealer, who acquired the work at a French provincial auction and possibly originally part of the collection of Francis Dillon Bell. Transfers: The Library owns several other works from the same provenance, by Francis Dillon Bell and Charles Heaphy, purchased 2006 and 2014, reference numbers C-025-025, C-012-007, and C-173-002.