IMAGE
Barker, F B :[Miners working near a stream, CA 1850] F B Barker
- Date
- 1849 - 1853
- By
- Barker, F B, active 1850s
- Reference
- E-144-014
- Description
Four miners hacking into large rocks, one panning, near a stream, with bush sketched in behind them. Other working miners are faintly indicated on higher rocks
The location resembles Charles Heaphy's watercolour 'The spot where Messrs Ring first discovered gold working the Long Tom', in the same British Library collection (folio 11). However the drawing style does not appear to be Heaphy's
Quantity: 1 photograph(s).
Physical Description: Photograph of pencil drawing, original, 13.7 x 10.3 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].
- Format
- 1 photograph(s), Works of art, Photographs, Photograph of pencil drawing, original, 13.7 x 10.3 inches
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