Pink Terraces of Otukapuarangi, 1890, Charles Blomfield.
Charles Blomfield (1848–1926) painted the Pink Terraces four years after they were buried by the eruption of Mt Tarawera. His highly romantic paintings strove for an aesthetic ideal.
Alexander Turnbull Library Artist: Charles Blomfield, 1890 Ref: G0597 Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
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'The Pink Terraces', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/pink-terraces, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 9-May-2014
I believe this is the oil, the original of which spent many years on the end wall of the stairs of the Cosmopolitan Club, Wanganui. Blomfield's white terraces was there also.
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