Rotomahana or Hot Lake District - Kanapanapa, or Boiling Mud Lake, 1875
Scope and Contents
254 x 195 mm. A view showing the mud lake, dotted with craters of mud and with steam rising from the hillside behind. In a reproduction of this print in Hochstetter (1875), the steam rising from the hills has been retouched to make it more visible:
'The bottom of the ravine consists chiefly of mud in a fluid state ... farther on are numerous small mud cones, from two to five feet in height, some of which, like miniature volcanoes, throw up hot mud from their craters, with a deadened, rumbling sound'.
Dates
- Creation: 1875
Creator
- From the Fonds: Mundy, Daniel Louis, fl. 1858-1873 (photographer) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Fair condition, some fading in from edges.
Existence and Location of Copies
This print appears as an autotype reproduction in Hochstetter, Ferdinand Christian von (1875), Rotomahana; and the boiling springs of New Zealand, London, plate VII.
General
SG.
Date information
DateText: The date is approximate..
Finding aid date
2003-12-19 08:56:59+00:00
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