Town of Lyttelton as viewed from the ship, Erskine Bay 1842.

Alternative Title

Lyttelton from the sea. 1842?

Date Created

1849

Identifier

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 11,919
a11597

Subject

Description

This and 11,918 are part of the same panorama but linking section is missing.
Verso in ink: Town of Lyttelton as viewed from the ship Erskine Bay; on mount: Capt. W. Mein Smith, Chief Surveyor, NZ Co.y explored Port Cooper September - October 1842, but this drawing was painted after 1849 when work on the road (Lyttelton - Sumner) began C.R.F.; recto mount in Dr Hocken’s hand: View of the Town of Lyttelton from on board ship. Capt Smith 1842. T.M. Hocken

Extent

137 x 265 mm

Medium

watercolour on paper

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

Provenance

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.

Is Part Of

Panorama of Lyttelton

Genre

Seascapes & Marines

Files

a11597.jpg

Citation

Smith, William Mein, 1797-1869, “Town of Lyttelton as viewed from the ship, Erskine Bay 1842.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 23, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/4569.