Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
Akaroa Harbour from Barrys Bay |
Artist |
Watkins, William |
Medium |
Oil Paint/Canvas |
Date |
1874 |
Description |
Oil painting on canvas by Willliam M. N. Watkins. Depicts Akaroa Harbour from a vantage point above Barry's Bay (on the current stock route leading to the Duvauchelle side of Pigeon Bay Road), with Onawe Peninsula prominent in the harbour. Two figures and a cabbage tree in the lower right. Boats are visible on the harbour. Initialled and dated (1874) on the lower right corner. |
People |
Latter, Mary Abb, nee le Clerc |
Search Terms |
Akaroa Harbour Onawe Peninsula Barrys Bay |
Subjects |
Landscape paintings Oil paintings Roads Colonial art Rocks Trees Sailboats Steamboats |
Provenance |
Donor reported that the painting was created for and gifted to Mary Abb Latter (nee Le Clerc) of Barry's Bay by the artist. Ownership passed through family from Mary Abb Latter to her daughter Elinor Clifford (who married Basil Henning) then to her son, Charles William (Bill) Henning, then to his daughter, Jillian (Jill), the donor. |
Web Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ |
Catalog Number |
2011.11.1 |