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

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

1870

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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

545 x 755 mm

watercolour on paper

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].