IMAGE
Williams, Edward Arthur (Colonel), 1824-1898 :Buggins' Clearing, Taranaki, N.Z. [1864]
- Date
- 1864
- By
- Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898
- Reference
- C-140-005
- Description
Shows a view of a shallow valley receding away to the distant Mount Taranaki. In the centre is the charred remains of a house; only the chimney and fireplace remain, along with burnt tree trunks. In the foreground is a pond or swampy land, with rushes at the left. In the middle distance at right and left are patches of bush. There are skeletal remains of cattle and cartwheels, likely to have been part of a bullock team.
Dated from a watercolour sketch of the same scene, held at the Hocken Library. A further version 'Buggins Clearing, Taranaki, burnt by natives during Maori Wars 1864' was on sale at John Leech Gallery, 1999. All views are from the same standpoint. The version at John Leech Gallery had the addition of a group of Maori seated around a fire in the foreground, a horse and two other men close to the burned out house.
Other Titles - New Zealand
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 317 x 492 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 317 x 492 mm.
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