IDNO

D.153977.VH

Description

View of colonial homesteads in a village on the south coast of Viti Levu. In the mid-distance is a three mast ship, possibly the H.M.S. Cossack?, at anchor in the bay, and hills in the distance.
The H.M.S. Cossack visited Levuka in 1872 to support the appointment of the new Fijian King, Cakobau. [JD 23/11/2022]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; south Viti Levu

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Gordon, Arthur Lewis [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1877

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

Format

Drawing

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.153893.VH - D.153980.VH were transferred from the Paper Archive VH1/4/9 (envelope 5), in 2021, and located in a paper folder now numbered C1045/.

D.153946.VH - D.153980.VH were wrapped in brown paper, now numbered C1045/2.

D.153946.VH - D.153979.VH were found together in a brown Boots envelope, now numbered C1045/2/1.