Kōrero: Blomfield, Charles

Oil painting of the White Terraces, Lake Rotomahana, by Charles Blomfield, 1888

Oil painting of the White Terraces, Lake Rotomahana, by Charles Blomfield, 1888

Charles Blomfield had painted the Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana before they were destroyed or submerged in the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera. He subsequently copied and sold earlier works to meet the popular demand for them.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: G-472
Oil Painting by Charles Blomfield

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Muriel Williams. 'Blomfield, Charles', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993, updated o Ākuhata, 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/2b28/blomfield-charles (accessed 30 March 2024)