Photograph, untitled ["McRae's Hotel, Interior"], by Charles Spencer Foreground view of the hotel destroyed by volcanic eruption, with its timber structure, corrugated roofing and furniture scattered and under a heavy covering of ash and mud. A group of seven men stand to the right of the image, most facing to camera. A second building is visible beyond the hotel, in a deserted landscape of ash-covered ground and defoliated trees. The print is embossed ""Charles Spencer, photographer". 1886