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Aubrey, Christopher, fl 1868-1906 :SS Theodore on Lake Pembroke. 1885.
Date: 1885
By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906
Reference: C-012-008
Description: Shows a view of a corner of Lake Wanaka, with a small paddle steamer approaching from the left towards a jetty at the right. The steamer flies a flag from both its mast and stern, and around one dozen gentlemen and lady passengers stand aboard. The smoke from the single funnel floats back to the left and the boat's wake extends past the picture's left edge. The jetty at right is piled with bales and a quantity of timber, and a man and a woman with a parasol are standing on the jetty. In the background are the mountain ranges around Wanaka. Four gulls fly in the right foreground. Other Titles - Lake Wanaka Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated]; Backing board recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 338 x 498 mm. Provenance: Previously purchased from a Christchurch estate. The note on the backing board adds that the SS Theodore was built for Theo Russell and Captain Hedditch, and that Tom Creig was the engineer. "He [Tom Creig?] gave this painting to Sam McSkimming as a parting gift when S. McSkimming & family left Pembroke to go to Arrowtown, then a busy goldmining town in 1900" Processing information: Deframed by the Library.