IMAGE
[Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Ohinemutu, Rotorua Lake, N.Z. ; copy 1853
- Date
- 1853
- By
- Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866; Johnson, John (Dr), 1794-1848; Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863
- Reference
- A-048-046
- Description
View looking down onto Lake Rotorua, with Mokoia in the distance. The Ohinemutu peninsula is on the right with steam rising from amongst the Maori whare. In the foreground is a whare on the left, a palisade and several Maori figures.
Probably copied from a drawing by John Johnson or a copy of that drawing by Cuthbert Clarke. See Cuthbert Clarke;s 'Ohinemotu. From an outline by Dr Johnson [1849]' a conte drawing in the British Library (Add. MS 19954, folio 29, no. 31) of which the Turnbull holds a photograph. The same image was reproduced as a wood engraving in Sir George Grey's 'Polynesian Mythology' (London, 1855).
Title from inscription
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash with chinese white 175 x 252 mm
Transfers: For attribution and provenance see A-048-027..
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Pencil and sepia wash with chinese white 175 x 252 mm
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