Forest in Papakura, New Zealand
Date
1863
Creator
Arnold Meermann (1829 - 1908, German) , Lithographer
After
Carl Frank Fischer (German-born) , Physician
Object type
Library reference
RCN14633
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 185mm
width (print): 265mm
width (print): 265mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape study of forest in Papakura, Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island. The view incorporates seven plant species that are separately captioned, left to right: New Zealand tree fern Dicksonia squarrosa; the conifer Podocarpus; the Nikau palm
Rhopalostylis sapida (here styled Areca sapida); an evergreen Elaeocarpus; the silver tree-fern Cyathea dealbata; the Northern rātā Metrosideroo robusta; and New Zealand flax Phormium tenax.
Plate 12 from the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
Inscribed above: ‘Neu-Seeland: Provinz Auckland.’ Inscribed below: ‘C. Fischer del. A. Meermann sc. Urwald im Papakura District.’
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
Rhopalostylis sapida (here styled Areca sapida); an evergreen Elaeocarpus; the silver tree-fern Cyathea dealbata; the Northern rātā Metrosideroo robusta; and New Zealand flax Phormium tenax.
Plate 12 from the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
Inscribed above: ‘Neu-Seeland: Provinz Auckland.’ Inscribed below: ‘C. Fischer del. A. Meermann sc. Urwald im Papakura District.’
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
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