IMAGE
Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :[Settler's hut with rata trees, nets drying and small boats by a mangrove swamp and river] 5 / 2 / [18]81
- Date
- 1881
- By
- Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908
- Reference
- B-107-001
- Description
Hut beside river or estuary, with mangroves in foreground (so presumably from northern New Zealand), fishing boats, fishing net drying, small hut with chimney, two ratas or pohutukawas, and a man carrying oars
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 right - J.P.B. 5.2.81
cf his Settler's hut on edge of a lake, 1881 (E-q-052-002) which shows the same hut from behind
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 145 x 203 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 145 x 203 mm
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