IMAGE
[Heaphy, Charles], 1820-1881 :[Gold mining, Driving Creek, Coromandel. 1852]
- Date
- 1852
- By
- Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Wynyard family
- Reference
- B-182-008
- Description
Shows five diggers at work at a clay bank in a forest clearing. One of them is using a "long Tom" gold sluice. In their midst stands a figure in blue, with a long stick; he is either resting or supervising. In the background, a large kauri tree has been felled and is lying on the undergrowth. Beyond it can be seen the roof of a tent.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 224 x 184 mm.
Provenance: Previously owned by a descendant of the Wynyard family.
Processing information: Deframed by the Library.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil and watercolour, 224 x 184 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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