IMAGE
Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941 :SS Waiwera leaving Wellington for the Cape, with the New Zealand Contingent, 21st October [18]99. Escorting steamers returning to port.
- Date
- 1899
- By
- Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941
- Reference
- G-083
- Description
Shows the three-masted steamship the S S 'Waiwera' in the foreground, heading out towards the harbour heads to the right. Soldiers in uniform are standing to attention in lines on the decks. In the immediate foreground is a rowboat containing five figures. Behind the SS 'Waiwera', are other escorting ships, in front of a background of the Orongorongos. Most of the escorting steamers face back to the left with only one, the SS 'Tutanekai' facing to the right. They include (from left): SS 'Rotorua', SS 'Duchess', SS 'Te Anau', SS 'Takapuna', SS 'Tutanekai', SS 'Mokoia' and the small 'Ellen Ballance'.
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on canvas board, 325 x 480 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 oil(s), Works of art, Oil paintings, Marines (Visual works), Oil on canvas board, 325 x 480 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941. Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941 :SS Waiwera leaving Wellington for the Cape, with the New Zealand Contingent, 21st October [18]99. Escorting steamers returning to port.. Ref: G-083. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22760068More information can be found in our terms of use.