IMAGE
Pearse, John, 1808-1882 :Lambton Quay, Wellington. The Mouldy Boot. The Golden Boot. [1852?]
- Date
- 1852 - 1856
- Reference
- E-455-f-052-2
- Description
View from the beach of the North end of Lambton Quay, just outside Alzdorf's Hotel and John Pearse's early residence after arrival in Wellington. Alzdorf is speaking to Pearse, as the inscription below describes: 'Exclamation of Baron Alzdorf on observing J[ohn] P[earse]'s boot hung out from his bedroom window to dry when wet through; J. P. having forgotten that the signs of 'The Golden Boot' [a bootmaker's] and 'The Mouldy Boot' were not far off. 'De Debil! dere is de gold boot - dere is de mouldy boot - and dere is de dirty boot!!'. The picture includes the artist's wet boot hanging from his top floor window and the two shop signs to left and right of the view
Dating: The suggested dating of this view (1852) is partly because it must have been before early 1855, when Baron von Alzdorf was killed in the 1855 Wellington earthquake, and partly because it shows Pearse boarding in Lambton Quay. Later he moved to The Terrace.
Other notes: The Golden Boot was a bootmaker's shop in lower Lambton Quay, run by George Blaker
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink & wash, 147 x 275 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856] / Pearse, John, 1808-1882 :Residence of Lieut Gov. Eyre [and] Lambton Quay [Between 1851 and 1856]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink & wash, 147 x 275 mm
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