Letter, Robert Curtis

Maker
Curtis, Robert
 Production date
05 Sep 1886

Object detail

Brief Description
Letter written by Robert Curtis from Wairau, Marlborough, to his mother dated 5 September 1886. He writes of his children's education, the eruption of Mount Tarawera and destruction of the Pink and White Terraces, an earthquake in Christchurch the day before and a severe winter.
Maker
Production date
05 Sep 1886
Production place
Blenheim/Marlborough/South Island/New Zealand
Production period
1880s/19th Century
Production technique
Handwritten
Media/Materials description
Handwritten black ink on paper
Media/Materials
Black/Ink/Man-made Materials
Paper/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 205 x 263mm
Classification terms
Letter
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts
Subject person
Subject period
1880s/19th Century
Subject date
05 Sep 1886
08 Jun 1886
04 Sep 1886
Credit line
gifted by Mrs Frances Bell
Other number(s)
m56/15, 78219

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