IMAGE
Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :French Pass. Sept 3d [1878]
- Date
- 1878
- By
- Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925
- Reference
- E-326-f-012-1
- Description
French Pass showing a red sky reflecting on the mountain range. A beacon can be seen above water level
See also E-326-f-011-1, a view of the same spot on the same day taken from the opposite side of the pass.
The beacon shown was a barrel on top of a 5.5 metre metal rod, cemented to the rock below water level. It was placed there by HMS Pandora in 1854 and replaced in 1881.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - K Holmes; Recto - bottom right - French Pass Sept 3rd
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 91 x 240 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891 / Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil and watercolour 91 x 240 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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