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Artist unknown :Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?] / London, W. E. & ...
Date: 1852 - 1880 - 1857 - 1890
By: W E & F Newton (Firm); Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873; Brackenbury, Carole, active 1989
Reference: Curios-021-007
Description: Shows view of Wanganui wharf, Christ Church, and Rutland Stockade, framed by cave entrance, with three Maori figures in foreground. Loosely based on Richard Taylor's "Wanganui, NZ" (1848), at E-296-q-159, combined with the wood engraving in the Church Missionary Gleaner (1884, p. 83, a re-illustration of an 1850s view] 'The mission station at Wanganui, as seen from a natural cave in the rocks'. Dating: W E & F Newton were based at 3 Fleet Street (the address printed on the wooden surround) between 1852 and 1857 A likeness of this scene is at Curios-042-013, Wanganui and cave New Zealand, by the same publishers Inscriptions: Verso - (Embossed on frame at left and right of image): W.E. & F. Newton / OPTICIANS / & GlobeMakers / TO THE QUEEN / 3 Fleet St Temple Bar / LONDON; (Number in ink on frame): 35 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 80 mm diameter (sight), in wooden frame 101 x 165 mm.
Artist unknown :Wanganui and cave New Zealand. London, W E & F Newton, [ca 1852-1857]
Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1857
By: W E & F Newton (Firm); Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873
Reference: Curios-042-013
Description: Shows view of Wanganui wharf, Christ Church, and Rutland Stockade, framed by cave entrance, with three Maori figures in the foreground. All have rifles in their posession, and are dressed wrapped in cloaks or blankets. Native foliage frames the mouth of the cave Impressed into the wooden frame on either side of the image: W E & F Newton, opticians & globemakers to the Queen, 3 Fleet St Temple Bar London Loosely based on Richard Taylor's 'Wanganui, NZ' (1848), at E-296-q-159, combined with the wood engraving in the Church Missionary Gleaner (1884, p. 83, a re-illustration of an 1850s view) 'The mission station at Wanganui, as seen from a natural cave in the rocks'. The Library also holds Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?], published by W E & F Newton (Curios-021-007), showing the scene in a similar way, by an unknown artist. It would appear that the reverse of the slide is the correct orientation of the image Other Titles - Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?] Inscriptions: [On top edge of wooden frame, in ink] Wanganui and cave New Zealand Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 103 mm diameter, in wooden frame 150 x 203 mm