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[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Town of New Plymouth at Teranaki [Between 1842 and 1845. Drawn by S C Brees. Engraved by Henry Melville. London, 1849]
- Date
- 1847 - 1849
- By
- Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870
- Reference
- E-070-016
- Description
Cattle in foreground with herdsman, Waiwhakaiho? River, the township of New Plymouth, the Sugar Loaf rocks and Mt Taranaki. The view is framed on the left with a tall tree, a cabbage tree and flax
First reproduced as engraving in: Brees, S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847) Plate 5, no 13, text p 11
In his text to Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand, Brees asserts that the river in the foreground is the "Waitera", i.e. Waitara. However the Sugar Loaf rocks would not be visible from the mouth of the Waitara and the river is most likely to be the Waiwhakaiho, whose mouth is on the coast in New Plymouth city. There was no settlement of the size shown in this view at Waitara, between 1842 and 1845, when Brees must have drawn this scene.
Other Titles - Town of New Plymouth at Taranaki
Extended Title - From: Brees, S C Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849)
Library holds black and white photograph of original watercolour (in private hands) neg 35175 1/2. The original lacks the prominent dairy herd in the foreground of the engraving, but has a smaller herd in a valley in the foreground and two riders on horseback on the far left.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 90 x 193 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Cityscapes (Representations), Landscapes (Representations), Engraving, hand-coloured 90 x 193 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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