[Weld, Frederick Aloysius] 1823-1891 :Amuri. Nov 11, ev[enin]g 1850

[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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