Scene on the Slate Ranges, 1857. [Hawkdun Range, 1858.]

Alternative Title

Thomson’s survey party caught in a snow storm on the Hawkdun Range, January 1858.

Date Created

1870

Identifier

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 93/36
a12329

Description

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1870; u.r. in pencil: 1; label verso: Scene on the Slate Ranges. A souvenir of the discovery of the Dome Pass & the sources of the Mataura in January 1857 Drummond; in donor’s hand: Journal 15 March 1857 and a small painting show perfect weather. This must be the Hawkdun ranges, Otago in January 1858

Extent

545 x 755 mm

Medium

watercolour on paper

Temporal Coverage

Provenance

Lennel Trust.
Given by the Hall-Jones family, Invercargill, 1992 [Given by Geoffrey Hall-Jones, John Hall-Jones & Gerard Hall-Jones, sons of the late Marjorie Hall-Jones, a granddaughter of John Turnbull Thomson].

Files

a12329.jpg

Citation

Thomson, John Turnbull, “Scene on the Slate Ranges, 1857. [Hawkdun Range, 1858.],” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 5, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/show/4861.