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Artist unknown :Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?] / London, W. E. & F. Newton [Between 1852 and 1857]
- 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.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 curio(s), Curios, Lantern slides, Hand-coloured glass, 80 mm diameter (sight), in wooden frame 101 x 165 mm., Orientation: Circular image
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