IMAGE
Lingard, G P, fl 1910s? :Runanga coal mine and Mt Cook. [1905-1920?]
- Date
- 1905 - 1920
- By
- Lingard, E P, active 1910s?
- Reference
- G-102
- Description
Shows a view from a road in the foreground that leads down to a small settlement consisting of a row of huts beside a building that may be the opening to a mine. A railway truck is in the centre foreground, on a line leading to the opening. The settlement is in a valley with low hills and higher mountains in the background. Some of the trees in the valley are turning autumn colours.
The picture is dated 1861 with an inscription in a later hand on the backing board. However Runanga was planned as a model town for miners in around 1901. The land was subdivided into leasehold sites in 1903-04, and timber was milled locally to build houses. It is possible that the town in the picture is not Runanga. Despite the title, the snow-clad mountain in the background is not Mount Cook and is likely to be the hills at the south end of the Paparoa Range.
Other Titles - Runanga Coal mine near Greymouth
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G P Lingard; Backing board recto - top centre - [Label from auction listing shows assigned title of work: Runanga coal mine and Mt Cook]; Backing board recto - top right - 1861
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on canvas on board, 355 x 460 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 oil(s), Works of art, Oil paintings, Oil on canvas on board, 355 x 460 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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