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[Fox, William] 1812-1893 :Jacks Bath near Taupo. Junction of hot and cold creeks. [1874]
- Date
- 1874
- By
- Fox, William, 1812-1893
- Reference
- WC-036
- Description
View looking down onto the roof of a bathhouse over hot springs, a stream winding towards the site with another hidden between cliffs. Mount Tauhara is in the background
The watercolour originally accompanied a report by By William Fox 'Hot springs district of the North Island' 1st August 1874 published in the Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, H. 26, 1874. Fox describes 'About half a mile eastward from the [mouth of the Waikato] River is a small swampy flat ... through which flow two streams ... At the point at which the two unite, a tolerably good bath has been erected by John Loffley, formerly an A.B. sailor in Her Majesty's Navy, who served in the Naval Brigade during the Waikato War. A dressing room is annexed ...
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 233 x 334 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolour 233 x 334 mm
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