IMAGE
Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :[Lake Taupo from Te Rapa looking north to Tauhara, the source of the Waikato] 4 / 2 / [18]81
- Date
- 1843 - 1881 - 1841
- By
- Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Reference
- B-107-003
- Description
4 Maori in foreground, lake in middle ground, Tauhara in the distance. Probably copied from the same view drawn in 1841 by Joseph Jenner Merrett and lithographed as the frontispiece of Ernst Dieffenbach's Travels in New Zealand, vol 1 London 1843 (919.31 / DIE / 1843)
Title based on Dieffenbach's 'View of Taupo from Te Rapa with Tauhara mountain at a distance where the river Waikato issues from the lake'
Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - J.B.P. 4.8.81.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 143 x 202 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Landscapes (Representations), Watercolour 143 x 202 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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