IMAGE
Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :[Felling kauri and men having billy tea. ca 1880]
- Date
- 1870 - 1890
- By
- Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908
- Reference
- E-052-q-010
- Description
Three men having a tea break on logs at the base of a huge kauri tree. Their billy is boiling over a small fire and a wooden scaffold is at the base of the kauri's trunk, with a cross-saw in the trunk just above the scaffold. A wedge has been cut in the opposite side. The scene is likely to be in the Auckland or Northland Region
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour and chinese white on paper 172 x 138 mm mounted into sketchbook
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian views [New Zealand scenes] [ca 1880] / Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian views [New Zealand scenes] [ca 1880]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolour and chinese white on paper 172 x 138 mm mounted into sketchbook
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