IMAGE
Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871 :Wellington Harbor N[ew] Zealand [1855 or 1856?]
- Date
- 1855 - 1856
- By
- Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871
- Reference
- A-288-008
- Description
A view from the junction of the Petone foreshore and the present Hutt Road, looking along the bush-clad Western side of Wellington Harbour, with a Maori canoe pulling away from the shore. Two bays along the shore, a large hillside slip is visible, almost certainly the slip caused by the 1855 Wellington earthquake
While the first headland along the Hutt Road is shown as heavily bush-clad, the second shows a fresh slip. This matches another view by Gold showing landslips caused by Wellington's 1855 earthquake, and helps to date this work as almost certainly 1855 or shortly afterwards. It also provides a more precise location for the landslip shown in Gold's other watercolour of this earthquake damage (Land slip caused by earthquake near Wellington, Jan. 1855, reference number B-103-016). The slip was in the area behind the present petrol station on the Hutt Road, near Petone
Other Titles - Wellington Harbour
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in sepia ink, with Harbour spelled as harbor
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 133 x 227 mm
Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991) whence purchased by the Library
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860 / Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 133 x 227 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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