Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Kororareka, Bay of Islands, NZ
Primary Maker
Date
Circa 1860
Physical Description
235 mm x 345 mm
250 mm. x 350 mm (mount)
Level of Current Record
Child
Related Object Notes
PD 36 (1-3)
Media/Materials
Watercolour on paper
Subject Category
Public Access Text
According to Una Platts, Mrs Wood was possibly the wife of S.A. Wood, formerly of Wood's Royal Hotel, in Princes St. Auckland. (The Northern Club now occupies the site) (19th century NZ artists. p. 259)
Shelf list cards puts the date for the three works [before 1840], Una Platts suggests a date of ca 1860s but they could be earlier.
Mill on Mill Island built 1858 so sketch must date to late 1850s or 1860s
Damaged around edges.
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Last Update
06 Dec 2022
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