Canterbury plains, taken from the Bridle road.

[The Canterbury plains, taken from the Bridle road. Lithographed at the British Museum for Dr T.M. Hocken, ca 1903] IV W. Holmes del. 1851.

1851

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 12,780

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Margin below image in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: The Canterbury Plains. March 1851 (Taken from the Bridle Road) T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; note by W. Holmes transcribed in ink by Dr Hocken: IV. Snowy mountains, distant 100 miles. Harewood Forest. Plains. N.B. The lines show the streams with which they abound. Riccarton Wood near which Deanís Farm lies. Heathcote River. Avon River. The Ferry. Pacific Ocean. Back of Mt Pleasant Range. The Flats. Road to Christchurch via the Ferry. Bridle Road. Top of the Hills 1300 feet above the sea. W.Holmes. T.M.H.

266 x 433 mm

lithograph, hand coloured on paper (pasted to card)

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.