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C1888
Tarawera Mountain, New Zealand, Since the Eruption.
Scarce engraving depicting Mount Tarawera after the eruption in 1886. Shortly after midnight on the morning of 10 June 1886, a series of more than 30 strong earthquakes were felt in the Rotorua area and by 2:45 am Mount Tarawera’s … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Tarawera Mountain, New Zealand, Since the Eruption.
Date:
C1888
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
509mm
x 342mm
Paper Size:
565mm
x 380mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1888
Description:
Scarce engraving depicting Mount Tarawera after the eruption in 1886.
Shortly after midnight on the morning of 10 June 1886, a series of more than 30 strong earthquakes were felt in the Rotorua area and by 2:45 am Mount Tarawera’s three peaks had erupted, blasting three distinct columns of smoke and ash thousands of metres into the sky. At around 3.30 am, the largest phase of the eruption commenced; vents at Rotomahana produced a pyroclastic surge that destroyed several villages within a 6 kilometer radius, and the Pink and White Terraces appeared to be obliterated.
From the original edition of the Illustrated London News.
George Montbard (1841 - 1905)
Montbard was a French artist, illustrator and caricaturist who signed his work "Montbard" or "G. Montbard".
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Edward William Payton (1859 - 1944)
Payton was an artist and photographer worked in New Zealand. Payton was born in Warwickshire and studied art at the Municipal School of Art Birmingham under E. R. Taylor and at the Royal College of Art, in Antwerp and Paris. In 1882 he left for Australia, and in early 1883 from Melbourne he travelled to New Zealand. He settled in Auckland and visited the Hot Lakes district. He painted the Pink and White Terraces before and after the Mount Tarawera eruption. In 1887 he exhibited in the Auckland Art Gallery, and in 1888. He became the first director of the Elam School of Art in 1890, a post which he held for 35 years, retiring in 1924.
