Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8791
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"Cleft in the Top of Mount Tarawera"
Date
1886
Creator
Charles Spencer (1854 - 1933, New Zealander) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 137mm
width (print): 202mm
width (print): 202mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Overview of the extended v-shaped trench at the top of the volcano, with steam rising from its slopes. Print marked "55", upper left. 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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