item details
NameApia from Harbour (wreck of "Solide")
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; July 1884; New Zealand
Alfred Burton; photographer; July 1884; Apia
Alfred Burton; photographer; July 1884; Apia
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives, panoramas
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.018023
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
First plate of six plate panorama. Foreground wrecked hull of ship. Ships at anchor. One ship centre with two masts and funnel, two other ships with masts right. A building is visible on the shoreline with coconut trees far right background.