IMAGE
Alington, William Herbert, 1841-1938 :The Rakaia river bed. 9/4/93
- Date
- 1893
- Reference
- E-932-003/004
- Description
Shows a view of the Rakaia river, spread over two detached pages of William Herbert Alington's sketchbook. The panorama is wide, and features cabbage trees, flaxes and toetoe in the foreground, with the snow-covered Southern Alps in the distance
Other Titles - 1893
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H A 9/4/93 [Artist's initials]; Verso - top right - These pages belong to Uncle Herbert's sketch book [in pencil]; Verso - top left - Scenes in the Rakaia river bed [in faint pencil]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 127 x 360 mm
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, 127 x 360 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Alington, William Herbert, 1841-1938 :The Rakaia river bed. 9/4/93. Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]. Ref: E-932-003/004. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/29940459More information can be found in our terms of use.