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[Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :A sawyer's clearing in a forest of kauri (commonly called cowdie) trees on the banks of the Kaipara River. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845]
- Date
- 1839
- By
- Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881
- Reference
- PUBL-0011-03
- Description
A clearing amidst the elevated trunks of kauri. Sawn trunks and a hut in the background with another hut in the middle ground and five men with a lever and rope hauling an enormous trunk in the foreground. A pile of sawn logs is in the right foreground with a jacket and two axes resting against it. A saw and saw-horse are on the left, behind the men.
The accompanying text reads: These trees are renowned for their excellent qualities as spars for ships; and the British navy has beeen supplied with several cargoes for this purpose. They frequently grow to the height of ninetey feet between the ground and the lowest branches. This tree is not found farther south than the Bay of Plenty or Waikato.
A close copy of Charles Heaphy's watercolour Kauri Forest, Wairoa River, Kaipara, 1839 (C-025-014), Drawings and Prints Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. The only major change is that the steep background cleared area in the watercolour has been flattened in the lithograph.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 311 x 248 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Albums, Lithograph, hand-coloured 311 x 248 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881. [Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :A sawyer's clearing in a forest of kauri (commonly called cowdie) trees on the banks of the Kaipara River. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845]. Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.. Ref: PUBL-0011-03. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22828660More information can be found in our terms of use.