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Wet day in camp. [Manapouri. Tuesday, 23 February]

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Date

[1886]

Artist

Isabel Jane Field (1867-1950)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23222944

Description

Shows a group of six "campers" seated around a table on boxes, stools or floor mats. Clockwise from left they are named as: Vida [Warren], Mary Calder, Arthur P [Pearce - the Boy], Stewart [or Stuart -see diary of Katherine McLean Holmes, page 37] Holmes, Miss [Katherine] Holmes, and in the centre "Boots" [Mr Hosking], with his back to the viewer. The beams at the top indicate a wooden structure holding up the canvas roof. There is a clock hanging from the tent wall, and a cooking pot in the foreground.

Nicknames of the group are set out in an entry for the 16th February in a copy of Katherine McLean Holmes' diary of the trip - copy in Manuscripts Collection. Dr Scott = The Boss; Miss Holmes = The Bostess; Miss Hodgkins = The Baby; Mary Calder = The Busy Bee; Vida Warren = The B.J.; Mr Pearce = The Boy; Mr Hosking = Boots; Dr Roberts = Bobs; S[tewart] Holmes = The Blank B.

"Boots" is the name of one member of the group. (see page 40 of the diary).

An account of this day, when the party played cards inside, is also given in the diary of Katherine McLean Holmes, pages 40-42.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Manapouri, Southland, New Zealand

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Tags

Interiors
Huts

Category

People & Society

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