IMAGE
Saxton, Henry Waring 1848-1919 :Somes Island, Wellington, New Zealand. 1877.
- Date
- 1877
- By
- Saxton, Henry Waring, 1848-1919; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s
- Reference
- A-253-036
- Description
Shows a profile of Somes Island seen from the region of Seacliff. Shows a large complex of two-storied buildings (newly-built immigration barracks) on the top centre of island, a surveying trig on highest point, and a few small buildings on shoreline. In the left distance, Pencarrow Head lighthouse is visible.
The Immigration Barracks are shown in a photograph of Somes Island ca 1878 in the J. E. Fitzgerald Album in the Photographic Archive.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - H.W.S. 1877; Recto - beneath image - (on backing paper): So named in memory of Joseph Somes, M.P. Dartmouth, Governor of New Zealand Shipping Co.; Verso - top centre - late) Revd C.W. Saxton D.D. / The Elms / Shrewsbury
The artist was the brother-in-law of Joseph Somes, after whom the island was named.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 120 x 198 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Seascapes, Pencil on paper, 120 x 198 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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