IMAGE
Packe, William, d 1882 :The Erewhon country. [Christmas card]. New Zealand House, London, 1956
- Date
- 1956
- By
- Packe, William, 1840?-1882; New Zealand. High Commission (Great Britain)
- Reference
- E-278-q-119
- Description
Reproduction of a watercolour by Packe showing two thatched sod huts, washing strung on a line in the foreground and a sheep's carcass hanging on the left. Foothills and snow-clad Southern Alps beyond.
Samuel Butler took up his station at Mesopotamia in 1860, leaving it in 1864, after doubling his money. William Packe, with his brother George, took up the neighbouring station Raincliff in 1868.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 128 x 178 mm on folded card
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Works of art, Photolithographs, Christmas cards, Colour photolithograph, 128 x 178 mm on folded card, Orientation: Horizontal image
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