IMAGE
[Weld, Frederick Aloysius] 1823-1891 :Amuri. Nov 11, ev[enin]g 1850
- Date
- 1850
- By
- Weld, Frederick Aloysius (Hon Sir), 1823-1891; Scrope, Mary Constance, 1907-1987
- Reference
- A-269-012
- Description
View at the sea shore, with bluffs and a small beach, probably north of the Haumuri Bluffs, North Canterbury. Maori are launching a canoe and another canoe is on shore. There are also a fish-drying rack, two small whare and four other Maori. The Seaward Kaikoura Range is nearby in the background
There is a similar watercolour titled Amuri Bluff, 1850, in Canterbury Museum.
The area now known as Amuri is inland in North Canterbury. The area depicted in this view is the Haumuri Bluffs, on the East coast, south of the Kaikoura Peninsula and Oaro.
Other Titles - Haumuri
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - on mount, discarded by the Library. Title and date.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 170 x 245 mm
Provenance: Scrope/Weld Collection.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 170 x 245 mm
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