IMAGE
[Heaphy, Charles], 1820-1881 :The New Zealand gold field. Discovery of gold near the source of the Kapanga Stream, about forty miles from Auckland. E Evans, sc. [London, 1853]
- Date
- 1852 - 1853
- By
- Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
- Reference
- E-106-f-049-2
- Description
Scene showing five miners working on a stream bed cradling with a `long Tom', a cradle and shovels. There are low banks behind the men covered with dense native bush including tree ferns. A tent is on a bank above the stream. Engraving by E Evans from painting by Charles Heaphy.
Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 23, no 465. Dec 3 1853, p 465
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 230 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Wood engraving, 150 x 230 mm
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