Accession No |
2011.34.37
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Name/Title |
BLOCK, PRINTING; FOREST ON MT TARANAKI
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Brief Description |
Wooden printing block with a printing plate of a forest on Mt Taranaki. The plants include the Northern Rata (Metrosideros robusta), Pahautea (New Zealand Cedar, Libocedrus bidwillii), Perching Lilies (Astelia solandri), Kiekie (Freycinetia banksii) and Katote (Soft Tree Ferns, Cyathea smithii). The Department of Lands and Survey (now Department of Conservation) commissioned series of printing blocks as illustrations for publication in handbooks and track pamphlets about Egmont National Park.
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Classification |
Block, Printing/Printing T&E/T&E For Communication/Nomenclature
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Primary Maker |
Adams, Jacqueline Nancy Mary (b.1926, d.2007)
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Primary Prod Date |
1980s
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Primary Prod Period |
20th century
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Primary Prod Place |
Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Measurement Reading |
15.1cm 10cm 2cm
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