Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8777
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"Tarawera Lake from the Wairoa Valley"
Date
1886
Creator
Charles Spencer (1854 - 1933, New Zealander) , Photographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 135mm
width (print): 201mm
width (print): 201mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The lake photographed from above, captioned on a tissue overlay. Features noted on the overlay include the outlet of Tarawera Lake at Te Tapahoro, Te Wahqanga, Ruawahia and toweards the foreground, two boats at a boat's landing. The print is embossed "Charles Spencer, photographer".
Object history
From an album of photographs describing the eruption of Mount Tarawera on the central North Island of New Zealand on 10 June 1886. Presented to the Royal Society by James Hector on 17 July 1886, with additional photographs on 22 September 1886.
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