View of Napier
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The caption underneath the photograph reads: View of Napier. Commercial Hotel, Eastern Spit.
The building to right of the hotel is Sam Begg's Store where the Hawke's Bay Herald was first published. Battery, or Pandora Point (removed 1949) is visible on the left. In the foreground is a group of cows sitting on the ground.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, possibly 1860.
The building to right of the hotel is Sam Begg's Store where the Hawke's Bay Herald was first published. Battery, or Pandora Point (removed 1949) is visible on the left. In the foreground is a group of cows sitting on the ground.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, possibly 1860.
Collection
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Mount: Height x Width: 150 x 200mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 90 x 142mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 90 x 142mm
Signature/Inscription
H.B. Art Gallery & Museum, Stamp
Box 21A, Inscription
Box 21A, Inscription
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1860s
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 1831 (a)
Credit Line
gifted by Lady Florence Maclean
Other number(s)
38/300, 1835, 89636
Accession number
38/300
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