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Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :View of the Porirua district from a native potatoe garde...
Date: 1840 - 1841
By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: C-011-007
Description: An extensive view from a cleared high spot with a dead tree in the left foreground, looking across bush and hills towards the west coast and the sea. The conical hill in the left background is probably Colonial Knob, with Titahi Bay in the centre background and Mount Cooper, the highest hill in the right background. Other Titles - Potato Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in sepia ink, with initials WMS. Bottom left, 'Portfolio D'. Top left 'No. 59'. Top right, New Zealand Company stamp, dated Feb 17 1842 (its date of receipt in London). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing with touches of blue watercolour 177 x 255 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company drawing no. 59. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull from Francis Edwards, London, 1915.