Napier from Napier Hill looking towards Cape Kidnappers

Object detail

About this object

View of Napier from Napier Hill looking towards Awatoto thought to have been taken in 1876. Hastings Street is located on the left side of the image. In the foreground, the County Council Chambers stands of the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Tennyson Street, Emerson Street and Dickens Street are also visible.

The lagoon is visible on the right side of the image. Cape Kidnappers is visible in the distance.

Photographer, possibly Samuel Carnell.

Maker

Samuel Carnell; 1832; 14 Oct 1920

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph mounted in an album.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Photograph: Height x Width: 184 x 236mm
Album: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 401 x 330 x 55mm

Signature/Inscription

C. D. Cornford 56/28, Stamp, Stamped
11, Inscription, Handwritten
1878, Inscription, Handwritten

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1870s/19th Century

Subject date

1876?

Current rights

Public Domain

Credit Line

from the estate of Mr C D Cornford

Other number(s)

56/28, Album 12, 1909, 77562

Accession number

56/28

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Buildings and structures Archive classification Commercial premises Public buildings Houses Local history History

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Building Sky Tree Black-and-white Landscape City House Tints and shades Landmark Cityscape

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