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Wills, Alfred, fl 1842-1852 :Moeraki from Otepopo. A. Wills del. Nov. 1848; Bluff Plains [1848]; [Moeraki, woods and cliffs, 1848].
- Date
- 1848
- By
- Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852
- Reference
- E-333-011
- Description
Identifies Bluff Hill; Mr Wills [i.e. the artist, seated sketching to one side, a sunhat on his head]; John McCormack's farmhouse with outhouses in the centre foreground, and in the background, Moeraki, Little Kuri Wood and Te Kuri Wood. Appears to be two or possibly three landscapes on top of one another, with the lowest view looking along Moeraki Beach from the south and the highest view looking along the beach from the north.
From the sketchbook kept by Mantell during his journey down the South Island as Commissioner for the Extinguishment of Native Titles.
Quantity: 3 drawing(s) on sketchbook page..
Physical Description: Ink, 85 x 230 mm, and 100 x 230 mm, on sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848 / Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848
- Format
- 3 drawing(s) on sketchbook page., Works of art, Ink drawings, Ink, 85 x 230 mm, and 100 x 230 mm, on sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm.
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Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852. Wills, Alfred, fl 1842-1852 :Moeraki from Otepopo. A. Wills del. Nov. 1848; Bluff Plains [1848]; [Moeraki, woods and cliffs, 1848].. Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848. Ref: E-333-011. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23137492More information can be found in our terms of use.