IMAGE
Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Arowenua bush. 9 Oct. [1848]. Unknown utensil, Waiteruaiti. Supposed to be the Bis[ho]ps portable watercloset.
- Date
- 1848
- By
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
- Reference
- E-334-055
- Description
A panoramic view of Arowhenua (near Temuka, South Canterbury) running along half of the page, with Arowhenua Bush in the distance and the Opihi River. On the other half of the page is Mantell's diary for 8 and 9 October 1848, interrupted with a drawing of a utensil similar to an abbreviated watering can, with part of a pa in the background (Waiteruati or Te Wai a te Rua Ti Pa). Mantell jokingly suggests that the utensil is a portable toilet.
Other Titles - Te Wai a te rua ti Pa, near Temuka. Arowhenua.
Quantity: 2 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849 / Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849
- Format
- 2 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)
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Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895. Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Arowenua bush. 9 Oct. [1848]. Unknown utensil, Waiteruaiti. Supposed to be the Bis[ho]ps portable watercloset.. Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849. Ref: E-334-055. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22729769More information can be found in our terms of use.