Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8780
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"View into the Chasm..."
Date
1886
Creator
Charles Spencer (1854 - 1933, New Zealander) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 135mm
width (print): 198mm
width (print): 198mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view from above the chasm, largely obscured by steam. Full title caption on a tissue overlay "View into the Chasm where Lake Rotomahana was from East Slope of Te Hape-o-toroa." An additional inscription on the far right background reads "Hills towards Galatea." The image is scaled along the bottom edge "5,000 yards." 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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