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The Pink Terraces

The Pink Terraces

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.

Credit:

Alexander Turnbull Library
Artist: Charles Blomfield, 1890
Ref: G0597
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Community contributions

Jessica
15 Jun 2009
they were the eigth wonders of the world
Anonymous
23 Jun 2008
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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