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Buggins' Clearing, Taranaki, N.Z.

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Date

[1864]

Artist

Edward Arthur Williams (1822-1898)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23191357

Description

Shows a view of a shallow valley receding away to the distant Mount Taranaki. In the centre is the charred remains of a house; only the chimney and fireplace remain, along with burnt tree trunks. In the foreground is a pond or swampy land, with rushes at the left. In the middle distance at right and left are patches of bush. There are skeletal remains of cattle and cartwheels, likely to have been part of a bullock team.

Dated from a watercolour sketch of the same scene, held at the Hocken Library. A further version 'Buggins Clearing, Taranaki, burnt by natives during Maori Wars 1864' was on sale at John Leech Gallery, 1999. All views are from the same standpoint. The version at John Leech Gallery had the addition of a group of Maori seated around a fire in the foreground, a horse and two other men close to the burned out house.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Mount Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand

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