IMAGE
Artist unknown :Valley of Te Wairoa shewing half-buried whares and ruined buildings with Rescue party from Tauranga. (From a photograph by Charles Spencer, Tauranga). Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, litho., Christchurch. [1886].
- Date
- 1886
- By
- Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
- Reference
- C-032-019-2
- Description
One of four images on a sheet entitled: "After the eruptions". ash-covered flat land with hills in the distance. There are remains of some tree trunks, and there are several lines of footprints through the ash.
A painted version of this scene is at A-355-017.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving 130 x 203 mm, on sheet 446 x 565 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in December 2002.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Various artists :After the eruptions, July 1886. Supplement to the "Weekly press", July 16th, 1886. Printed and published by Francis Edward Buckland, of 159, North Town Belt, for the Press Co., Limited, at their offices in Cashel Street, Christchurch, July 16, 1886.
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Wood engraving 130 x 203 mm, on sheet 446 x 565 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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