IMAGE
Gully, John 1819-1888 :The Clyde Glacier, main source of the River Clyde (Rangitata) 3762 ft. [April 1861, painted in 1862]
- Date
- 1862
- By
- Gully, John, 1819-1888
- Reference
- C-096-003
- Description
The Frances Glacier (formerly known as the Clyde Glacier) with the Frances River at its base. The view is taken from the ridge between the Agnes Stream Valley and the main Clyde Valley
Illustration for lecture, Notes on the mountains and glaciers of the Canterbury Province, New Zealand, delivered by J. Haast 1864
The Clyde Glacier is no longer a current name. The Clyde Glacier is much reduced in size since the 19th century and is now the two separate Frances and Sir Colin Campbell Glaciers. The Frances Glacier is the source of the Frances River, which flows into the Clyde River, then the Rangitata River
Copied from an original drawing by Julius von Haast. Gully's source for this watercolour is likely to be Haast's drawing 'The Great Clyde Glacier, real source of the Rangitata', Library reference number C-097-025
Inscriptions: Signed: John Gully; Mount recto - Northern spur of Mount Tyndall
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 290 x 545 mm (Canterbury, N.Z., no 2)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 290 x 545 mm (Canterbury, N.Z., no 2)
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