About this artwork
This photograph was taken in the active volcanic area of North Island. Here the basins made by deposits from the hot springs resemble the man-made cascades of gardens in Europe. This terrace was destroyed by volcanic eruptions in 1886. By this time the terraces had become a tourist attraction, and a few years later an engineer artificially landscaped the site, to recreate the natural wonder.
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title:Cold Water Basins, White Terrace, Lake Rotomahana
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date created:About 1885
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:18.1 x 28 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985
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accession number:PGP R 221
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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...
