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Date: 1877 - 1875

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Picken, T (Mr), active 1870s

Reference: PUBL-0016-40

Description: View looking east into the gorge, with the Otira River, the road to the left, with four horses pulling a Cobb & Co coach, alone horseman further up the road. Rata forests on both sides and mountains in the background. According to the accompanying text, the view is taken just below the well-known zig-zag and just before the house of accommodation where the coach changes horses. The Library holds the watercolour on which this chromolithograph was based at B-004-022, with title Otira Gorge, West Coast Road, from Mount Alexander, Dec 1874. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 252 x 355 mm

Date: 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Blatchley, W D, active 1877-1898; Picken, T (Mr), active 1870s; Kell, C F, active 1877

Reference: PUBL-0016-26

Description: Shows a general view of the river with bare mountains in the background. In the foreground a man on horseback and a standing figure meet on a road which slopes downhill, through trees. A group of cattle graze in a field in the left middle distance. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 251 x 353 mm