Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: M.t Egmont from Oakura 28 June 1864; on original mount: Oakura stream on the Coast near Taranaki. Capt. Trajet & Surgeon Hope 57 Reg.t were shot here in an ambush early in 1863. This began the war -
Left - right in pencil: Fort Robert 28 June 1864. Coast of New Zealand. Taranaki; a. verso: [unfinished pencil sketch] b. verso: [watercolour titled:] Oakura 28 June.