IMAGE
Alington, William Herbert, 1841-1938 :Mt Torlesse [ca 1893]
- Date
- 1893
- Reference
- E-932-005/006
- Description
Shows a view of Mount Torlesse, possibly painted on the banks of the Kowai River in Canterbury, given its proximity to the mountain. The foreground features cabbage trees, pine and other flora. The mountain rises imposingly in the near distance.
Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Rakaia river bed 'Mt Torlesse' by Uncle Herbert; Album page - top right - These pages belong to Uncle Herbert's sketch book [in pencil]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, ca 127 x 180 mm
Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961] / Alington, William Herbert, 1841-1938 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes. 1871-1893]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour on paper, ca 127 x 180 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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