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Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Rakaia Sunday 1 Oct [with caricature of Alfred Wills] and [diary entries for Oct 1 and 2] Tauwaukakao 2 Oct [1848]
- Date
- 1848
- By
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
- Reference
- E-334-048
- Description
Two drawings and dairy notes on one page. On the left, is a coastal scene looking south, with the survey camp tents on the beach, and a caricature of Alfred Wills in a dunce's cap in the foreground, inscribed Rakaia, Sun 1 Oct and 'By caricaturing only himself a man man render himself ridiculous but not odious.' Top right, diary notes for 1 October. Bottom right, another beach scene with a tent, looking north towards a cliff, with the name Kauwaukakao, corrected to Tauwaukakao 2 Oct.
Inscriptions: Recto - Bottom sketch: note beside caricature reads: By caricaturing only himself a man may render himself ridiculous but not odious
Quantity: 2 drawing(s) on one sheet.
Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 200 mm (page size)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849 / Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849
- Format
- 2 drawing(s) on one sheet, Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil, 120 x 200 mm (page size)
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