item details
NameThe King's Palace, Neiafu, Vavau, Tonga
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; July 1884; New Zealand
Alfred Burton; photographer; July 1884; Tonga
Alfred Burton; photographer; July 1884; Tonga
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.017492
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
Rocky foreshore in foreground, with tide out and row boat at bottom of bank centre. Hill above has two storey colonial building with verandah on ground floor and large turret second floor (centre). Other buildings to left and a fence runs around. Coconut trees surround.