Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8792
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"South End of the Fissure"
Date
1886
Creator
Charles Spencer (1854 - 1933, New Zealander) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 138mm
width (print): 202mm
width (print): 202mm
Subject
Content object
Description
View over the fissure in Mount Tarawera, the depths largely obscured by steam. Print marked "'56" upper right. 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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