[Hutton, Thomas Biddulph] 1824-1886 :Sketch of Henry Williams house & premises from behind Horotutu Bay of Islands N[ew] Zealand March 1859

[Hutton, Thomas Biddulph] 1824-1886 :Sketch of Henry Williams house & premises from behind Horotutu Bay of Islands N[ew] Zealand March 1859
Date
1859
By
Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886; Hutton, Maia Thomas, 1918-1989
Reference
A-197-011
Description

Shows two houses (or a house and chapel?) with well-established fenced gardens on flat land close to the sea. There is promontory with a flagpole beyond the more distant house, and the masts of a ship are visible beyond the promontory. The view is from the land, looking towards the harbour.

Horotutu, according to information from the donor, was the next bay to Paihia, on the Waitangi side.

Henry and Marianne Williams arrived at the Bay of Islands as missionaries in 1823.

Inscriptions: Verso - Title, date, in ink

There is an almost identical view on page 1 of Hutton's sketchbook, 'Horotutu from back paddock' (E-137-q-001)

The artist arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1842, taught at St John's College, Auckland from 1844 and later trained as an Anglican minister.

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 87 x 124 mm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Landscapes (Representations), Watercolour over pencil 87 x 124 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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