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At Te Ariki, Lake Tarawera

Object | Part of Photography collection

item details

NameAt Te Ariki, Lake Tarawera
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; 1885; Bay of Plenty
Alfred Burton; photographer; 1885
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.010293

Overview

Depicts a whare and small garden inside a light fence. A Maori girl is standing with one hand on the fence in the foreground, looking at the camera. Te Ariki was destroyed by the eruption of Tarawera on Jun 10, 1886.