"Mountain Road"
Production date
Feb 1890
Description
View of Mt Taranaki from the track over the Pouākai Ranges. Vegetation and track in immediate foreground. A tree, possibly dead, frames the left of the image and a tall tree with vegetation frames the right. Range behind vegetation in foreground with Mt Taranaki dominating the painting. Part of a series of works by Edith Halcombe documenting Sir William Fox's climb up Mt Taranaki in February 1890. Members of the party included: Premier Sir William Fox; Mayor of New Plymouth Arthur Standish; Edith Halcombe; Miss Standish; Miss Saddler; Guide Harry Peters and Robert Clinton Hughes.
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