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862529

Title
Frenchmans Cap Island off Kangaroo Peninsular, Auckland, New Zealand, 1870-1879 / etched by John Corker Vigurs Symons
Creator
John Corker Vigurs Symons
Call number
V7B/Auck/4
Level of description
fonds
Date

1870-1879
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Watercolours
Reference code
862529
Physical Description
1 watercolour - 12 1/2 x 19 1/2 in., on mount 22 x 29 in.
Description source

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
General note

Keyword subject:

Frenchman's Cap Island (Auckland, N.Z.)
Kangaroo Peninsular (Auckland, N.Z.)
Tiritiri Island (Auckland, N.Z.)
Whangaparaoa Peninsula (Auckland, N.Z.)
Signatures / Inscriptions

Unsigned. Title and artist as above in pencil on back of mount.
Attributions / conjectures

The title is probably a misspelling of Whangaparaoa Peninsula which is North of Auckland, and Frenchman's Cap Island is possibly a local name for Tiritiri Island.
Subject
New Zealand in art.
Topic
islands
peninsulars
peninsulas
landscapes (views)
colonial art
Place
Auckland (N.Z.)

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