Mount Tarawera in Eruption, June 10, 1886 (from the Native Village of Waitangi, Lake Tarawera, N.N.)
Charles Blomfield, After; William Potts, Lithographer; Archibald Dudingston Willis Limited, Publisher; Archibald Dudingston Willis Limited, Printer;
This is one of the
prints
in our collection.
It was made in
Whanganui, Whanganui Region, New Zealand
in 1889.
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Object Detail
About the Work
Taken
from
an
original
painting
by
Charles
Blomfield
this
image
was
reproduced
as
a
chromolithograph
and
included
as
a
fold-out
plate
at
the
back
of
E.
Wakefield’s
New
Zealand
Illustrated,
published
by
A.D.
Willis
Ltd
in
1889.
While
Blomfield
did
not
witness
the
eruption
himself
he
created
this
image
from
either
his
imagination
or
based
on
eye-witness
accounts
of
the
event.
The
lithographer
was
William
Potts.
The
book
was
printed
and
published
by
A.D.
Willis
Ltd
of
Whanganui.
Measurements
Image 354 x 511mm
Support 450 x 582mm
Support 450 x 582mm
Media
chromolithograph on paper
Subject Place
Description
Night silhouette image of a mountain erupting, the red sky is full of falling ash and clouds of smoke, in the middle ground is a lake and a Māori village with figures running away, a small river winds from the lake into the foreground of the image.
This is a page detached from its original published form, as a fold-out plate at the back of E. Wakefield's 'New Zealand Illustrated', published in 1889.
This is a page detached from its original published form, as a fold-out plate at the back of E. Wakefield's 'New Zealand Illustrated', published in 1889.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of Weeks (Wanganui) Ltd, Wanganui, 1954
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
Dec 1954