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McCleverty, William Anson, 1806-1897 (attributed): Reach in the River Ruamahanga, Wairarapa
- Date
- [ca 1850]
- By
- Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-; McCleverty, William Anson, 1806-1897
- Reference
- B-205-003
- Description
A scene showing the Ruamahanga River, with three British soldiers resting in the foreground on a rise above the river. In the background, three Maori are tethering a canoe on a sandbank in the river.
Attribution: The work was formerly attributed to William Fox by Hamish Keith in the 1970s, but was reattributed to McCleverty by Roger Blackley in the 1990s on stylistic grounds.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Reach in the River Ruamahanga Wairarapa [in brushpoint]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) 262 x 345 mm.
Provenance: The vendor inherited the work from his great aunt, whose husband was a secretary to William Fox.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s) 262 x 345 mm, Watercolours, Orientation: horizontal image
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