Te Tarata
Date
1863
Creator
Arnold Meermann (1829 - 1908, German) , Lithographer
After
Bruno Hamel, Photographer
Object type
Library reference
RCN14633
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 185mm
width (print): 265mm
width (print): 265mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape study of Te Tarata (‘tattooed rock’) the White Terrace of Lake Rotomahana on the North Island of New Zealand. The Pink and White Terrace geological structures were destroyed by an eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886.
Plate 8 from the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
Inscribed above: ‘Neu-Seeland Nord Insel.’ Inscribed below: ‘Hamel photogr. A. Meermann sc. Te Tarata am Rotomahana. Kochender Sprudel mit Kieselsinter Terrasen.’
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
Plate 8 from the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
Inscribed above: ‘Neu-Seeland Nord Insel.’ Inscribed below: ‘Hamel photogr. A. Meermann sc. Te Tarata am Rotomahana. Kochender Sprudel mit Kieselsinter Terrasen.’
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
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