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[Mitford, John Guise] 1822-1854 :[The Hobson album]. Russell from Paihia. Wai Keri River. [ca 1843]
- Date
- 1843 - 1844
- By
- Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854
- Reference
- E-216-f-031
- Description
Looking down from a hill covered in scrub, with the beachline beyond the town visible to the right and Okiato peninsula opposite across the bay, with many other hills in the distance. The settlement of Okiato can be made out in the distance with Captain Hobson's house on the hilltop, and James Reddy Clendon's trading post (a two-storied building) at the beach
Two places in the Bay of Islands were named Russell in the 1840s. This view is of Okiato, the original capital, not of Kororareka
Other Titles - Waikare. Okiato
Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Monochrome watercolour, 217 x 313 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845] / [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Monochrome watercolour, 217 x 313 mm
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