IMAGE
Gully, John, 1819-1888 :Mill buildings, Maitai River, Nelson, 1866.
- Date
- 1866
- By
- Gully, John, 1819-1888
- Reference
- C-096-017
- Description
Shows mill buildings and oast houses at the left, on the banks of the Maitai River, Nelson foreshore, in golden light. Dr Bush's windmill can be seen on the opposite bank of the river, along with houses
The windmill, on Miller's acre, was burned down in 1867. It was located on present-day Trafalgar Street, diagonally opposite the Nelson Chief Post Office, and was for some time around 1990 the site of Miller's Acre carpark
Other Titles - River landscape, New Zealand
Compare a very similar view by H. A. Scrivener 'Nelson 1863' (B-061-018), which also shows the oast house, mill and river mouth.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 310 x 498 mm.
Provenance: Previously sold at Dunbar Sloane's, August 1994; also at Dunbar Sloanes on 17 April 1991 under the title View of colonial Nelson and the Maitai River (lot 56), and before that in London, at Sotheby's, 24 October 1990 under the title River landscape, New Zealand. (lot 114).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 310 x 498 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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