About this artwork
This spectacular image shows a geyser in New Zealand. The geyser, Te Whatapohu, the Māori word for ‘pain in the stomach’, is so called because of its rumbling indigestive groan. Photographed during a period of very fine weather, this noisy sighing geyser lies on the edge of Lake Rotomahana. Valentine produced many iconic images of early New Zealand landscape and architecture, including studies of the bush and waterfalls.
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title:Whatapoho, Lake Rotomahana New Zealand
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:19.3 x 29.3 cm
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accession number:PGP R 222
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George Dobson Valentine
George Dobson Valentine
George Valentine was one of the sons of the most successful Scottish commercial photographer, James Valentine of Dundee. He specialised in landscape photography. In the mid-1880s he left Scotland to live in New Zealand because of ill health. He was based in Auckland from 1885 and made expeditions...
