IMAGE
Blomfield, Charles, 1846-1926 :Gisborne Point, Lake Rotoiti. 1901
- Date
- 1901
- By
- Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926
- Reference
- G-556
- Description
Shows Komuhumuhu Pā at Gisborne Point, on the southern shores of Lake Rotoiti. Two pataka and two whare are in view, as well as several Maori placed at the whare on the right. A waka is on the lake. Mount Matawhaura rises steeply at the left of the image
The library holds a photograph of another version of this scene by Blomfield (NON-ATL-0010), which is much fuller, with more people present, more buildings, a waka prominent on the shore, to name a few details. The location of the original is not known
Title suppled from the John Leech Gallery label attached to the backing board
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C Blomfield 1901 [in red brushpoint]
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 343 x 625 mm, in frame 495 x 780 mm
Provenance: Prior to auction, held in a private collection in Tauranga
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 oil(s), Works of art, Oil paintings, Ethnographic illustrations, Oil on canvas, 343 x 625 mm, in frame 495 x 780 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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