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White, Benoni William Lytton, 1858-1950 :Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Benoni White, del. Ne...
Date: 1902 - 1905
From: [Postcards by Benoni White and A D Willis. 1902-1905]
By: Bock, William Rose, 1847-1932; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts
Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-White-01
Description: Postcard shows a Maori settlement on the shores of Lake Taupo, with the outlet in the foreground being the source of the Waikato River. The mountains of the Central Plateau are in the distance. A plume of smoke issues from Ngauruhoe. There is a cabbage tree at the far right, and beyond it are whare and a pataka. Flax grows in the foreground, and there are tree ferns across the water at the left. Verso shows an engraving by W R Bock, of Mt Earnslaw, head of Lake Wakatipu, with a Maori prow carving overarching it. Scene on recto is similar to the chromolithograph by Thomas Ryan: "Lake Taupo and Waikato River, with Tongariro and Ruapehu" (1893), published in the NZ Graphic Christmas number 1893, page 11. The Library's copy of this is at A-385-020 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 91 x 139 mm.
Alington, John Sydney, 1879-1941 :[Maori settlement looking across Lake Taupo to the ce...
Date: 1924
From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]
By: Alington, John Sydney, 1879-1941
Reference: A-446-008
Description: Shows a view of the head of the Waikato River, looking south across Lake Taupo to Mounts Tongaririo, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in the distance. On the right bank, in the foreground, is a Maori pa, with a pataka or food store shown most prominently. Both banks of the river are densely covered in trees, including pine and cabbage trees, and bush. A canoe or waka with six occupants glides away from the pa across the river. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J S Alington 20.1.24; Verso - top left - Copied from a black and white picture. Copied by J S Alington 1924 [in pencil, probably Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand]; Verso - top right - Colours are as fresh as they were when first painted [in pencil, probably in Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 144 x 244 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.