IMAGE
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Russels Cottage, Hutt Forest, N.Zd. / W.S. [ca 1846]
- Date
- 1846
- By
- Swainson, William, 1789-1855
- Reference
- A-186-054
- Description
Shows a bush clearing with tall trees at left and right, beside a thatched cottage whose roof extends on the left side almost to the ground. There is a slab chiney on the near side, and to the right a woman stands beside a barrel. There is another low thatched hut at the left. In the left foreground lies a tree trunk. There is a solitary tree fern behind the house.
Louis E Ward's "Early Wellington" (1928) notes on page 300, that a Mr Russell (spelt with a double l) was living at Taita in 1852 (quotes the 'Australian and New Zealand gazette' for 12 June 1852).
Other Titles - Russell's
Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [At extreme top right of mat]: 5
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil drawing 135 x 188 mm, mounted on sheet 224 x 300 mm.
Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil drawing 135 x 188 mm, mounted on sheet 224 x 300 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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