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Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :H. M. S. Acheron at anchor in P[ort] C[halmers] 184...

Date: 1848 - 1896

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Field family

Reference: A-169-027

Description: View of the Acheron in some detail taken from description of a crew member to Dunedin artist William Hodgkins, 48 years after the event. Colour notes and technical details about the ship and its rigging and engine are included Inscriptions: Recto - title, dates and monogram below image; colour and technical notes surrounding image Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 225 x 284 mm Provenance: Field family, descendants of the artist. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Field family papers MS group 60; ex MS Papers 113, donated ca 1951 (MS ac. no. 73-128; rearranged ca 1988; transferred to Drawings & Prints loose in Dunedin sketchbook of W.M.Hodgkins, 1895 (E-391).

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National Maritime Museum : Photograph of map of Bay of Islands

Date: 1847-1851

By: National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)

Reference: PAColl-0840

Description: Photograph of a map of Bay of Islands possibly done by F J Evans of HMS Acheron between 1847 and 1851. The National Maritime Museum holds the original negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Details of deposit unknown. Found amongst PAColl-3678.

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