IMAGE
Maplestone, Henry, 1819-1884 :[New Plymouth]. 1849.
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- Maplestone, Henry, 1819?-1884
- Reference
- B-065-002
- Description
View looking across the settlement to the Sugar Loaves. Shows bullock teams coming from the beach at the right, and men clearing the bush in the right foreground. In the left foreground a Maori tends three goats. At the centre is Mount Eliot, with the summer residence of Sir George Grey (formerly that of J. T. Wicksteed). The view is derived from "View of Mount Eliot ... " in C. F. Hursthouse's "An account of the settlement of New Plymouth ..." (London, 1849), opp. p.76.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - H. Maplestone
Maplestone is believed not ever to have come to New Zealand. At the time Maplestone dated his paintings, Brees was displaying in London and elsewhere his New Zealand panorama, and Hursthouse was lecturing on behalf of the New Zealand Company.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 305 x 460 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 305 x 460 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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