Burcham’s house, River Hutt.
Creator
Identifier
Hocken Pictorial Collections - 11,910
a11855
Subject
Description
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: [illeg]; on original mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Burcham’s House, River Hutt. These beautiful sketches were done by William Swainson FRS, the celebrated naturalist and extensive writer on natural history. He was one of the earliest settlers at Wellington in 1840, taking up his sections in the Hutt Valley. He died in 1850(?) T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki.
Extent
123 x 208 mm
Medium
pencil on paper
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Provenance
Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Source
Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Files
Collection
Citation
Swainson, William, 1789-1855, “Burcham’s house, River Hutt.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 23, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/4648.