IMAGE
Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854 :Volcanos, Lake Taruera [ca 1845]
- Date
- 1843 - 1845
- By
- Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854
- Reference
- B-159-004
- Description
Shows the lake with a group of several Maori women in the right foreground, along with one man. In the background beyond the lake, are two volcanic cones, one of them Mount Tarawera.
Other Titles - Volcanoes
Other Titles - Lake Tarawera [previous title]
Inscriptions: Backing board recto - bottom left - G M pinct; Backing board recto - bottom right - [Title] " ... beautiful and most excellent ... "; Backing board recto - centre - (On label on second backing board): "The backing sheet was folded under to accom[m]odate a frame".
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 214 x 360 mm.
Provenance: Previously owned by Mr Gary Day who purchased it from Dunbar Sloane in 1974. It had previously been sold through Sotheby's, London on 20 June 1974, from the same source as other works by Mitford purchased by the Library.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 214 x 360 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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