Additional Makers
Edward Arthur Williams (1824-1898)
Description
Looking across the river towards the stockade atop a hill, a flag flying inside its perimeter fence. There is a shed, possibly a boat shed at the water's edge and a small boat with a sail is being rowed across the river. A cleared hill with tree-stumps is on the left
Copied by Hamley from the drawings of his superior officer, E. A. Williams. The original drawing on which this was based is in the Hocken Library Pictures Collection in E. A. Williams' Album, p. 21, with the same title. The Library has a photograph of the E. A. Williams' sketch, negative 115988 1/2.
Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 93 x 190 mm
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Bluff Road, Pokeno, Waikato, New Zealand
Country
New Zealand
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Bluff Stockade was located at the end of Bluff Road, where the original Great South Road reached the Waikato River. (Wikipedia)