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Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :[Cabbage trees growing in a swamp with a settlement...
Date: 1870 - 1890
From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian views [New Zealand scenes] [ca 1880]
By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908
Reference: E-052-q-015
Description: Shows Mount Eden. The Cabbage Tree Swamp was on the site of present-day Eden Park. Image published as a greetings card by the Library in the 1970s The view may be of Mount Albert (Auckland), rather than Mount Eden. The image features in Scott, Dick. Old Mount Albert (1963) as showing Mount Albert Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper 137 x 183 mm mounted into sketchbook Provenance: Previously part of Alexander Turnbull's collection. The inside of the cover bears his bookplate and the luxurious binding is of the type he arranged.