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(48) The conflagration

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Date

3 Feb[ruar]y [1845]

Artist

Thomas Biddulph Hutton (1824-1886)

Collective Title

Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Three sketchbooks of New Zealand scenes and people. 1844-1847]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/37283509

Description

Hutton writes of this scene: 'The conflagration - the burning of Mr White's tent which took place at night and would have made a grand scene for one of the "dreadful accidents and bloody murders" peep shows which travel about England. Not being much of a dab at the brush, it is not as good as the subject deserved. No one was hurt, and but little property destroyed, the tent and its contents being moved away in time'.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Purewa Creek, Auckland, New Zealand

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Encampments
Disasters

Category

People & Society

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