Untitled (Alfred Marsh's Farm and Farmhouse at Junction Road, New Plymouth)
Production date
1877
Description
Alfred Marsh's farm house at Junction Road, New Plymouth. Painting depicts a farm house and three buildings on a hill in the centre middle ground, Mt Taranaki/Egmont right middle ground and small lake with row boat (containing two people) in left foreground. Single cow grazes in lower right corner. While the land has been cleared, a number of dead tree trunks litter the landscape.
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Public comments
My great Grandfather, Esau Marsh was his brother. Wonderful to see a portrait of Alfred here. He appears in a Taranaki Daily News article "A matter of Life and Death." 22.5.2012. He was born 12 Nov 18 1831, Netherbury, Dorset, England. Dies 1st February 1912 in New Plymouth. He arrived on the Timandra with his parents and siblings and married in New Plymouth 3.11.1856. They are both buried along with other family member at the Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.
- Irene Whittaker posted one year ago.
R A N Earl b28/12/1833, Dulwich, Surrey, England
- Katie Clemens posted 5 years ago.