Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :The level country at the South end, looking north of Blind Bay / drawn by Chas. Heaphy Esqr. Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen. London, Smith Elder & Co., [1845].

Shows site of present Motueka and Lower Moutere townships. At left men drive cattle on horseback. In centre foreground, cattle stand on a small rise with a tree fern, a cabbage tree, and flax. In the middle distance are the mouths of the Motueka river, at left, and the Moutere river at right. In the right distance are D'Urville Island, Stephen's Island, French Pass, and Croisilles Harbour, and in the left distance are Astrolabe Road, and Adele Island.

Engraver said to be Thomas Allom.

Heaphy visited the Nelson area in 1841, and settled in the Motueka area in 1842.

Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Astrolabe Road Adele Island Stephen's Island D'Urville's Island French Pass Croisilles Harbour; Recto - beneath image - Driving Cattle with the Stock-Whip Mouth of MOTUEKA River TI or Cabbage Tree Tree-Fern Mouth of MOUTERE River; Recto - bottom centre - THE LEVEL COUNTRY AT THE SOUTH END, LOOKING NORTH OF BLIND BAY / Drawn by Chas. Heaphy Esqr. / London Smith Elder & Co. Cornhill; Recto - bottom right - DAY & HAGHE LITHRS to THE QUEEN

ATL has Heaphy's original ink drawing for this scene 'View in the Nelson district, 1841' (C-025-004). It lacks the cows and the men droving cattle and has a much more dominant group of three tree ferns and a cabbage tree.

ATL has E.J. Wakefield's "Adventure in New Zealand" containing coloured lithograph of this scene as Plate VIII. at f919.31 WAK.

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, 2-part panorama, each section with image 241 x 442 mm, on sheet stuck to board 363 x 992 mm.

Alternative form available: Black and white negatives (Nos. 1/2-158222-F, and 1/2-158223-F) available, made from coloured version. Colour transparencies also available from coloured version.