item details
NameMilford Sound, The "City"
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; 1882; Dunedin
Alfred Burton; photographer; February 1882; Milford Sound
Alfred Burton; photographer; February 1882; Milford Sound
Classificationphotographic prints, albumen prints, vintage prints
Materialsalbumen, silver, printing-out paper, mounting board
Materials Summaryphotograph, albumen silver print
Techniquesphotography, albumen process, printing-out
DimensionsImage: 196mm (height), 148mm (length)
Registration NumberO.001697
Credit linePurchased 1987 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
In the foreground is a man and a dog. Behind them is a small group of thatched huts, beyond which is an area of water and mountains. (see below) The view is taken looking up the Arthur River. Donald Sutherland and his dog Johnny Groat at 'John O'Groats Hotel'. The buildings shown were named by Sutherland 'Esperance Chalet No. 1 Kennedy Street', 'No. 1 Rotorua Street', and the 'Store'. Milford he named 'The City'. Sutherland fought with Garibaldi's red-shirts before joining the Otago gold-rush; He settled at Milford Sound in 1877 and died there in 1919 (Knight, 1980)