Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 9 (IX)/1/5
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 9 (IX)/1/5
Title
Photographic prints and reproductions of Samuel Butler's homestead in Mesopotamia, New Zealand
Date(s)
- 1917–1919 (Circa) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder photograph
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Set of photographic prints showing the interior and exterior of the hut at Mesopotamia (printed by Crichton, Tadema Studio, 46 Karangahape Rd). Black and white photographic prints of the photograph of Butler's hut on which Henry Festing Jones based his drawing 'Butler's Homestead, Mesopotamia N.Z.', and various page prints of the engraving by Emery Walker of Jones's drawing, used in the 'Memoir' of Butler (vol. I, facing p.86). Also page prints of an engraving of 'Butler's Homestead... from an early water-colour drawing', not printed in the 'Memoir'.