IMAGE
[Doubleday, William or John], fl 1880s :Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Taupo, April 15th 1885. Ruapehu 9000 ft, Tongariro 7000 ft.
- Date
- 1885
- Reference
- C-150-023
- Description
Shows a view of Lake Taupo with Maori houses and huts, and a raised storehouse on the foreshore in the foreground. Some houses are surrounded by fences of thin branches. Two pigs graze in the left foregorund, and the foreground vegetation includes two cabbage trees. In the distance, Mount Ngauruhoe smokes, and Ruapehu is snow-covered.
This watercolour was painted by either William or and John Doubleday in 1885, while they were travelling around the world - on doctor's orders to cure lung infections.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 123 x 370 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Doubleday, William and John], fl 1880s :[Twenty-three watercolours of New Zealand and the Pacific. 1884-1885]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 123 x 370 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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