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New Zealand [PRG 1480/9/31] • Photograph

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Summary

scenes of New Zealand, including Auckland, Christchurch, Pohutu and the Wairoa geyser (PRG 1480/9/48). According to a researcher, PRG 1480/9/31 is a photograph taken looking south-east down Victoria Avenue, the main street in Wanganui toward the 'Town Bridge' crossing of the Whanganui River. The Watt Memorial Fountain, erected 1881, is seen in centre at the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Ridgway Street. The photograph was taken prior to 1908 because in that year the fountain was moved to make way for tram tracks.

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Physical description

Negative (glass plate);
positive (lantern slide, B&W and colour)
15 cm

Dates / Publication details

1890-1915

Creator

Trengove, Arthur M

Subject

Trengove, Arthur M.
Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916, photographer
New Zealand -- Description and travel

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General notes

"In 1879 Josia Martin (1843-1916) toured England and Europe, and while in London visited the Royal College of Chemistry, where he made a study of the latest improvements in rapid 'instantaneous' photography using the new gelatin bromide process. In May 1890 Martin recalled his early experiences with wet-plate photography when he visited the thermal regions of Tarawera and Rotomahana in 1876. He was to visit the area many times and was there on the eve of the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886. Martin gained an international reputation for his ethnological and topographical photographs. His work was exhibited in London at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 and he won a gold medal at the Exposition coloniale in Paris in 1889. His photographs are held in the art collections of many major institutions around the world." By Gordon Maitland (from Te Ara, Encyclopedia of New Zealand).

Some images have been created by John Martin of Auckland New Zealand.

Digitisation information

Date

06/03/2013

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,373 x 7,228 pixels (53.3 MP)

Size

53.32 MB

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