Record

RefNoMS/845/7
LevelItem
TitlePhotograph with manuscript additons, "View from Te Hape o toroa...", by Charles Spencer
Date1886
DescriptionLandscape featuring Tarawera Lake in the distance with steam billowing in the foreground. Captioned on a tissue overlay, full title "View from Te Hape o toroa at back Site of Pink Terrace." Highlighted features include [left to right]: "The warm swamp"; "Ariki arm of Tarawera Lake"; "Chasm in Pink Terrace"; Tarawera Range"; and "The Fissure." Image scaled in pencil on the right, "2,000 feet." and below "3,000 yards." The print is embossed "Charles Spencer, photographer".
Extent2 items
FormatPhotograph
PhysicalDescriptionAlbumen print, landscape format, tissue overlay
Dimensions136x200mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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