IMAGE
Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926 :[Lake Rotomahana - a panoramic view showing Pink Terraces and thermal activity] 1894
- Date
- 1894 - 1885 - 1886
- By
- Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926; Grice, Elizabeth Chudleigh, 1887-1960
- Reference
- G-686
- Description
An extensive view across the lake, with steam vents in the foreground and above the Pink Terraces in the middle distance. Small islands can be seen in the lake. The view is taken at sunrise or sunset. Mount Tarawera is in the background, to the left
The view, dated 1894, records the appearance of the Pink Terraces and the Lake before the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 June 1886.
Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print in 1985, one of three oils of the Pink and White Terraces by Blomfield. The edition sold out ca 1995
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - in red brushpoint: C Blomfield 1894
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 609 x 914 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 oil(s), Works of art, Oil paintings, Oil painting on canvas 609 x 914 mm
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