IMAGE
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Ki-Warra from Thorndon Flat. Port Nicolson. [Between 1842 and 1845?]
- Date
- 1843 - 1847
- By
- Swainson, William, 1789-1855
- Reference
- E-295-q-046
- Description
Thorndon in the foreground, with a gully crossed by a bridge, a house to the right, and a large tree. A man walking up a path towards the bridge and several chopped tree-trunks on the ground. A European cottage with thatched roof and a wooden chimney is in the right foreground. In the middle distance, flat land leading down towards Thorndon Quay with the backs of houses along the beachline. In the distance, the western hills to the left, the Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other houses at the water's edge and part of Wellington Harbour
The gully in the foreground is probably now part of the Thorndon motorway
Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil, cropped
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, 206 x 260 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840] / Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil, 206 x 260 mm
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