[Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :Episode at Mount Victoria at Freemason's Picnic. Signal - "England expects every man to do his duty". [1874 or 1875]

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[Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :Episode at Mount Victoria at Freemason's Picnic. Signal - "England expects every man to do his duty". [1874 or 1875]

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The Rev Charles Nelson proposing on one knee to Sophia Coates on the top of Mount Victoria, Auckland, on a windy day, with a flagpole with signal flags behind the couple. On the left, other men and women are struggling up the hill against the wind. The sketch is drawn to illustrate a letter written by the artist's wife Kate to her sister Anna. Sophy Coates is much taller than Mr Nelson. Her parasol is blown inside-out by the wind. The sketch forms part of the letter, which is on a single sh...

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Date created

1874 - 1875

Creator

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22902533

Locations

Mount Victoria

Related subjects

Heaphy, Catherine Letitia, 1830-1910 / Marvin, Eliza Anna Kenyon, 1842-1905 / Nelson, Charles Moseley (Rev), 1843-1919 / Nelson, Georgiana Sophia, 1847?-1919 / Caricatures and cartoons / Flags / Freemasons / Marriage proposals / Picnicking / Signal stations / New Zealand / Auckland Region / Winds / Mount Victoria

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