IMAGE
Hurt, Theodore Octavius, fl 1860-1871 :Above Akaroa. [1869?].
- Date
- 1868 - 1870
- Reference
- E-501-f-040
- Description
Shows a partial view of the harbour, a rich turquoise, from a rutted dirt road in the foreground, through vegetation. Across the harbour, the hills of Wainui are in the background. A red-brown cow grazes beyond the road in the foreground
Probably painted around the end of the 1860s. The artist is known to have been in the vicinity after the wreck of the ketch (probably the "Crest") in 1868 - his picture of Akaroa Heads is dated 1869.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook..
Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 167 mm.
- Additional description
Attached to same page as E-501-f-041.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869]. / Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook., Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 125 x 167 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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